Relationship between Medicare's Hospital Compare performance measures and mortality rates

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2694-2702

  Werner, Rachel M ^a,b,c,d   Bradlow, Eric T ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d 1204 Blockley Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845478495     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.22.2694     Document Type: Article

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