Are patient safety indicators related to widely used measures of hospital quality?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1373-1378

  Isaac, Thomas ^a   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital quality scores; Patient safety indicators (PSIs); Unsafe medical care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DECUBITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; INFECTION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MORTALITY; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50049132080     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0665-2     Document Type: Article

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