MarketWatch - Improving safety and eliminating redundant tests: Cutting costs in U.S. hospitals

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1475-1484

  Jha, Ashish K ^a   Chan, David C ^b   Ridgway, Abigail B ^c   Franz, Calvin ^d   Bates, David W ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HSPH ^*  (United States)

^d Eastern Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; PATIENT CARE; SAFETY; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349202399     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.5.1475     Document Type: Article

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