What data do California HMOs use to select hospitals for contracting?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 553-561

  Rainwater, Julie A ^a,b   Romano, Patrick S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCREDITATION; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CONTRACT SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0042934297     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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