Public reporting of quality data for stroke: Is it measuring quality?

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3367-3371

  Kelly, Adam ^a   Thompson, Joel P ^a   Tuttle, Deborah ^b   Benesch, Curtis ^a   Holloway, Robert G ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Quality of care; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; INFORMATION SERVICE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; UNITED STATES; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC OPINION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNET; NEW YORK; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;

EID: 58149357108     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.518738     Document Type: Article

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