Learning, forgetting, and hospital quality: An empirical analysis of cardiac procedures in Maryland and Arizona

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 697-711

  Sfekas, Andrew ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forgetting; Hospitals; Learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING STYLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; LEARNING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MARYLAND; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 68849129193     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1400     Document Type: Article

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