Publicly available hospital comparison web sites: Determination of useful, valid, and appropriate information for comparing surgical quality

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 863-868

  Leonardi, Michael J ^a,b   McGory, Marcia L ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL SURGERY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NON PROFIT HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

HUMANS; INTERNET; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548736131     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.142.9.863     Document Type: Article

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