How severity measures rate hospitalized patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 303-311

  Hughes, John S ^a   Iezzoni, Lisa I ^b   Daley, Jennifer ^b,c   Greenberg, Linda ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Hlth Serv Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0029920075     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02598273     Document Type: Article

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