Mortality and length of stay in a veterans affairs hospital and private sector hospitals serving a common market

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 601-608

  Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,d   Sarrazin, Mary Vaughan ^a   Harper, Dwain L ^b   Fuehrer, Susan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Qual Info Management Corporation   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital mortality; Hospitals, veterans; Length of stay; Risk adjustment; Severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OHIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042324900     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.11209.x     Document Type: Article

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