Payer leverage and hospital compliance with a benchmark: A population-based observational study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hollingsworth, John M ^a   Krein, Sarah L ^b   Miller, David C ^a   DeMonner, Sonya ^b   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HSR and D Field Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART GRAFT; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG GRAFT REJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK; SURGICAL MORTALITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; TRANSPLANTS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34547981831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-112     Document Type: Article

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