Excess Length of Stay, Charges, and Mortality Attributable to Medical Injuries during Hospitalization

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1868-1874

  Zhan, Chunliu ^a   Miller, Marlene R ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSURANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL CHARGE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL ERRORS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 0141922804     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.14.1868     Document Type: Article

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