Standards for measures used for public reporting of efficiency in health care: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association interdisciplinary council on quality of care and outcomes research and the American College of Cardiology Foundation

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1885-1893

  Krumholz, Harlan M ^a   Keenan, Patricia S ^a   Brush Jr , John E ^a   Bufalino, Vincent J ^a   Chernew, Michael E ^a   Epstein, Andrew J ^a   Heidenreich, Paul A ^a   Ho, Vivian ^a   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a   Matchar, David B ^a   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^a   Rumsfeld, John S ^a   Schuur, Jeremiah D ^a   Smith Jr , Sidney C ^a   Spertus, John A ^a   Walsh, Mary Norine ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA scientific statements; Health care; Health policy; Outcomes; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56549098947     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.190500     Document Type: Review

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