Hospital quality measurement - Perplexing for professionals, let alone for patients

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 119-122

  O'Leary, Kevin J ^a   Barnard, Cynthia ^b   Noskin, Gary A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAID; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM;

BENCHMARKING; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447128679     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.221     Document Type: Editorial

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