Discriminating quality of hospital care in the United States

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-322

  Normand, Sharon Liss T ^a,b   Wolf, Robert E ^a   McNeil, Barbara J ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite measure; False negative and positive rates; Item response theory; Latent variable; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; REWARD; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING CESSATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44049086678     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X07312710     Document Type: Article

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