The association of quality of care and occurrence of in-hospital, treatment-related complications

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 140-148

  Geraci, Jane M ^a,b,c   Ashton, Carol M ^a,b,c   Kuykendall, David H ^d   Johnson, Michael L ^a,b   Souchek, Julianne ^a,b   Del Junco, Deborah ^b,e   Wray, Nelda P ^a,b,c  

^a Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Houston VAMC ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Complication; Diabetes mellitus; Heart failure; Iatrogenic; Outcome; Process; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; APACHE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033072158     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199902000-00004     Document Type: Article

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