Feasibility and utility of adding disease-specific outcome measures to administrative databases to improve disease management

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 8 II SUPPL., 1997, Pages 739-742

  Liang, Matthew H ^a   Shadick, Nancy ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030827234     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-8_part_2-199710151-00060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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