"Canary measures" among the AHRQ patient safety indicators

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 465-473

  Yu, Hao ^a   Greenberg, Michael D ^a   Haviland, Amelia M ^a   Farley, Donna O ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariation; Inpatient care; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 70449435480     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860609341585     Document Type: Article

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