Variations in Length of Stay and Outcomes for Six Medical and Surgical Conditions in Massachusetts and California

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 73-79

  Cleary, Paul D ^a,b   Greenfield, Sheldon ^c   Mulley, Albert G ^a,d   Pauker, Stephen G ^c   Schroeder, Steven A ^e,g   Wexler, Lewis ^f   McNeil, Barbara J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; THERAPY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0025799937     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1991.03470010077034     Document Type: Article

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