Relationship of Provider Characteristics to Outcomes, Process, and Costs of Care for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 977-987

  Whittle, Jeff ^a,b   Lin, Chyongchiou Jeng ^a,c   Lave, Judith R ^a,c   Fine, Michael J ^a,c   Delaney, Kristin M ^a   Joyce, Dorothy Z ^d   Young, Wanda W ^d   Kapoor, Wishwa N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Mortality; Pneumonia; Readmission; Variation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PENNSYLVANIA; PNEUMONIA; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032110852     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199807000-00005     Document Type: Article

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