Effectiveness of a physician-oriented feedback intervention on inappropriate hospital stays

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-134

  Antón, Pedro ^a,b   Peiró, Salvador ^a   Aranaz, Jesús M ^c,d   Calpena, Rafael ^e   Compañ, Antonio ^c   Leutscher, Edith ^f   Ruíz, Vicenta ^b  

^a Fundacion Instituto de Investigacion   (Spain)

^b Inspección de Servicios Sanitarios   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^f Hospital de Villajoyosa   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; HOSPITAL SECTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIANS; SPAIN; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846581586     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.040428     Document Type: Article

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