Quality of care for the treatment of acute medical conditions in US hospitals

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2511-2517

  Landon, Bruce E ^a,b   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^a,c   Lessler, Adam ^a   O'Malley, A James ^a   Schmaltz, Stephen ^e   Loeb, Jerod M ^e   McNeil, Barbara J ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Joint Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SMOKING CESSATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845546539     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.22.2511     Document Type: Article

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