Profiling hospital performance to monitor the quality of care: The case of COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1031-1038

  Agabiti, N ^a   Belleudi, V ^a   Davoli, M ^a   Forastiere, F ^a   Faustini, A ^a   Pistelli, R ^b   Fusco, D ^a   Perucci, C A ^a  

^a Local Health Authority RME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation; Health information systems; Health outcomes; Mortality; Quality of care; Report cards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77951968384     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00056209     Document Type: Article

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