Can administrative data be used to compare postoperative complication rates across hospitals?

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 856-867

  Romano, Patrick S ^a   Chan, Benjamin K ^a   Schembri, Michael E ^a   Rainwater, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Complications; Hospital outcomes; Performance measurement; Quality measurement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DISKECTOMY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036780449     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200210000-00004     Document Type: Article

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