Measuring rural hospital quality

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-393

  Moscovice, Ira ^a   Wholey, Douglas R ^a   Klingner, Jill ^a   Knott, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; INFECTION CONTROL; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, UNDER 100; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6344266961     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00053.x     Document Type: Review

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