United States rural hospital quality in the Hospital Compare database-Accounting for hospital characteristics

Health Policy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-127

  Goldman, L Elizabeth ^a   Dudley, R Adams ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare disparities; Quality of healthcare; Rural hospitals

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCOUNTING; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DATA BASE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL QUALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44149115199     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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