Comparing measures of patient safety for inpatient care provided to veterans within and outside the VA system in New York

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-64

  Weeks, W B ^a,b,c   West, A N ^a,b   Rosen, A K ^a,d   Bagian, J P ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMBOLISM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMATOMA; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW YORK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 39349086258     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.020735     Document Type: Article

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