Peer group benchmarks are not appropriate for health care quality report cards

American Heart Journal

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 921-923

  Romano, Patrick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BENCHMARKING; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PEER GROUP; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 10644262977     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.06.012     Document Type: Editorial

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