'Best hospitals': A description of the methodology for the index of hospital quality

Inquiry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-90

  Hill, Craig A ^a   Winfrey, Krishna L ^b   Rudolph, Barbara A ^b  

^a University of Chicago   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030958058     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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