Teaching Hospitals and Quality of Care: A Review of the Literature

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 569-593

  Ayanian, John Z ^a   Weissman, Joel S ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; PEER REVIEW; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041416289     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00023     Document Type: Article

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