Intensive care unit utilization and interhospital transfers as potential indicators of rural hospital quality

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 394-400

  Wakefield, Douglas S ^a   Ward, Marcia ^a   Miller, Thomas ^a   Ohsfeldt, Robert ^a   Jaana, Mirou ^b   Lei, Yang ^a   Tracy, Roger ^c   Schneider, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; IOWA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 6344234908     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00054.x     Document Type: Article

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