Hospital report cards: Friend or foe?

Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-102

  Rosenstein, Alan H ^a  

^a VHA West Coast   (United States)

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ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION SERVICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

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