Hospital type and patient outcomes: An empirical examination using AMI readmission and mortality records

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1440-1460

  Jensen, Paul H ^a   Webster, Elizabeth ^a   Witt, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Hazard model; Hospital performance; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NONTEACHING HOSPITAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349127450     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1435     Document Type: Article

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