Marketwatch: The inverse relationship between mortality rates and performance in the hospital quality alliance measures

Health Affairs

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1104-1110

  Jha, Ashish K ^a   Orav, E John ^b   Li, Zhonghe ^a   Epstein, Arnold M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BENCHMARKING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COALITIONS; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548295147     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1104     Document Type: Article

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