MarketWatch - Choosing the best hospital: The limitations of public quality reporting

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1680-1687

  Rothberg, Michael B ^a   Morsi, Elizabeth ^b   Benjamin, Evan M ^d   Pekow, Penelope S ^c   Lindenauer, Peter K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d Tufts University School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INTERNET; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MORTALITY; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 56649121831     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.6.1680     Document Type: Review

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