Performance measures, vaccinations, and pneumonia rates among high-risk patients in veterans administration health care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2167-2172

  Jha, Ashish K ^a   Wright, Steven M ^a   Perlin, Jonathan B ^a  

^a Department of Health Policy and Management ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PNEUMONIA; VACCINATION; VETERAN; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VACCINATION; VETERANS;

EID: 38449092770     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.099440     Document Type: Article

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