Ranking Hospitals on Surgical Quality: Does Risk-Adjustment Always Matter?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-351

  Dimick, Justin B ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NEW YORK; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 49749113742     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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