Identifying high-quality hospitals: Consult the ratings or flip a coin?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1342-1344

  O'Brien, Sean Michael ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447338032     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.13.1342     Document Type: Editorial

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