Identifying potentially preventable complications using a present on admission indicator

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 63-82

  Hughes, John S ^a,b   Averill, Richard F ^b   Goldfield, Norbert I ^b   Gay, James C ^c   Muldoon, John ^d   McCullough, Elizabeth ^b   Xiang, Jean ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions Inc

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TRIAGE;

EID: 33646935275     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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