Should consumers trust hospital quality report cards? [1] (multiple letters)

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 287, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3206-3208

  Finlayson, Emily V A ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^b   Baker, David W ^c   Cebul, Randall D ^c   Hicks, Kerry R ^d   Krumholz, Harlan M ^e   Rathore, Saif S ^e   Chen, Jersey ^f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Health Grades Inc   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING SCALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; HEART INFARCTION;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0037178582     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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