Association between hospital-reported leapfrog safe practices scores and inpatient mortality

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1341-1348

  Kernisan, Leslie P ^a,b   Lee, Sei J ^a,b   Boscardin, W John ^a,b   Landefeld, C Seth ^a,b,c   Dudley, R Adams ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63849264126     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.422     Document Type: Article

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