Evaluating compulsory minimum volume standards in Germany: How many hospitals were compliant in 2004?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  De Cruppé, Werner ^a   Ohmann, Christian ^a   Blum, Karl ^b   Geraedts, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b German Hospital Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PANCREAS DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DISCLOSURE; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGISLATION, HOSPITAL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 38349049339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-165     Document Type: Article

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