A comparative study of quality outcomes in freestanding ambulatory surgery centers and hospital-based outpatient departments: 1997-2004

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5 P1, 2008, Pages 1485-1504

  Chukmaitov, Askar S ^a   Menachemi, Nir ^a   Brown, L Steven ^a   Saunders, Charles ^a   Brooks, Robert G ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Mortality; Outpatient surgery; Quality; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52449106548     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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