Mortality and Length of Stay as Performance Indicators for Pneumonia in the Elderly

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 183-190

  Hand, Roger ^a   Klemka Walden, Linda ^b   Inczauskis, Dale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Cres Counties Found for Med Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Indicators; Mortality; Performance; Pneumonia; Quality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031113997     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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