Benchmarking and quality improvement: The Harvard Emergency Department Quality Study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 437-449

  Burstin, Helen R ^a,g   Conn, Alasdair ^b,f   Setnik, Gary ^c   Rucker, Donald W ^d   Cleary, Paul D ^e   O'Neil, Anne C ^f   Orav, E John ^a,f   Sox, Colin M ^h   Brennan, Troyen A ^a,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BENCHMARKING; BOSTON; CHEST PAIN; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VAGINA;

EID: 0033230751     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00269-7     Document Type: Article

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