Harnessing the power of default options to improve health care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1340-

  Halpern, Scott D ^a,d   Ubel, Peter A ^b,c   Asch, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONSUMER; COST CONTROL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; URINE CATHETER; VACCINATION;

EID: 34748819321     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb071595     Document Type: Article

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