Continuous quality improvement decreases length of stay and adverse events: A case study in an interventional cardiology program

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1141-1150

  Hashimoto, Hideki ^a   Bohmer, Richard M J ^a   Harrell, Lari C ^a   Palacios, Igor F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BOSTON; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031201125     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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