Does Voluntary Reporting Bias Hospital Quality Rankings?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-194

  Ghaferi, Amir A ^a   Osborne, Nicholas H ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital quality; Leapfrog Group

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA COLLECTION; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PANCREATECTOMY; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 77951938969     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.07.033     Document Type: Article

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