Does the complications screening program flag cases with process of care problems? Using explicit criteria to judge processes

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-118

  Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a,b   Davis, Roger B ^a   Heather Palmer, R ^a   Cahalane, Michael ^a   Hamel, Mary Beth ^a   Mukamal, Kenneth ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^a   Banks, Naomi J ^a   Davies Jr , Donald T ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Beth Deaconess Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Discharge abstracts; Hospital complications; Processes of care; Quality measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL REVIEW ORGANIZATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032911307     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/11.2.107     Document Type: Article

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