Improving the quality of care for patients with pneumonia in very small hospitals

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 326-332

  Chu, Laurie Anne ^a   Bratzler, Dale W ^b   Lewis, Roger J ^a   Murray, Cynthia ^b,c   Moore, Lori ^b   Shook, Claudette ^b   Weingarten, Scott R ^d  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; PERFORMANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPUTUM CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, UNDER 100; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OKLAHOMA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037429076     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.3.326     Document Type: Article

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