Declines in Hospital Mortality Associated with a Regional Initiative to Measure Hospital Performance

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-111

  Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,c   Quinn, Linda ^a   Harper, Dwain L ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Qual Info Management Corporation   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031155182     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885713x9701200204     Document Type: Article

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