Why rescue the administrative data version of the "failure to rescue" quality indicator

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-279

  McDonald, Kathryn M ^a   Davies, Sheryl M ^a   Geppert, Jeffrey ^b   Romano, Patrick S ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247630081     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000259077.03041.f8     Document Type: Editorial

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