Is anybody managing the store? National trends in hospital performance

Journal of Healthcare Management

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 392-405

  Griffith, John R ^a   Alexander, Jeffrey A ^a   Jelinek, Richard C ^a   Foster, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Solucient LLC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE; PROFIT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751234983     PISSN: 10969012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00115514-200611000-00009     Document Type: Article

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