Assessing quality using administrative data

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 8 II SUPPL., 1997, Pages 666-673

  Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030764817     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-8_part_2-199710151-00048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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