Hospital Outcomes Research in Germany: Results from a Retrospective Survey among Sickness Fund Beneficiaries

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Bitzer, Eva Maria ^a,c   Dörning, Hans ^a   Busse, Reinhard ^b   Schwartz, Friedrich Wilhelm ^b  

^a Inst Social Med Epidemiol H   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c MPH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elective surgery; Health outcomes assessment; Impairment lists; Patient satisfaction; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031253826     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199710001-00014     Document Type: Article

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