Performance reporting for consumers: Issues for the Australian private hospital sector

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Sheahan, Margo ^a   Little, Russ ^b   Leggat, Sandra G ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STENT;

EID: 34347263397     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-4-5     Document Type: Article

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