Appropriate use of quality measures: Response to "risk factors for hospital readmission within 30 days: A new quality measure for children with sickle cell disease"

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1361-

  Schwalenstocker, Ellen ^a   Gay, James ^b,d,e   Muldoon, John ^a,f   Sedman, Aileen ^c,e,g  

^a National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI)   (United States)

^b MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NACHRI ^*  (United States)

^f Classification Research   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; CHILD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, HOSPITAL;

EID: 70449721062     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22212     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Frei-Jones MJ, Field JJ, DeBaun MR. Risk factors for hospital readmission within 30 days:Anewquality measure for children with sickle cell disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2009;52:481-485.
2. Quinn C. A question of quality in sickle cell disease. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2009;52:435-436.