Measuring hospital quality: What physicians do? How patients fare? Or both?

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-97

  Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HOSPITAL; NOTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745606228     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.1.95     Document Type: Editorial

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