Length of stay: An appropriate quality measure?

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 461-465

  Brasel, Karen J ^a   Lim, Hyun J ^a   Nirula, Ram ^a   Weigelt, John A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34249023925     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.142.5.461     Document Type: Article

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