The evaluation of screening methods to identify medically unnecessary hospital stay for patients with pneumonia

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-11

  Hartz, Arthur J ^a,d   Bade, Priscilla F ^b   Sigmann, Peter ^c   Guse, Clare ^a   Epple, Pam ^c   Goldberg, Kenneth C ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Length of stay; Pneumonia; Risk adjusted outcomes; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COST CONTROL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; SOFTWARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030076265     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/8.1.3     Document Type: Article

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