The performance of US hospitals as reflected in risk-standardized 30-day mortality and readmission rates for medicare beneficiaries with pneumonia

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Lindenauer, Peter K ^a,b   Bernheim, Susannah M ^c   Grady, Jacqueline N ^c   Lin, Zhenqiu ^c   Wang, Yun ^c,d   Wang, Yongfei ^c,d   Merrill, Angela R ^e   Han, Lein F ^f   Rapp, Michael T ^f,g   Drye, Elizabeth E ^c,d   Normand, Sharon Lise T ⁱ   Krumholz, Harlan M ^c,d,h  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yale New Haven Transplantation Center   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^h Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired and nosocomial pneumonia; Geriatric patient; Outcomes measurement; Patient safety; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956639016     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.822     Document Type: Article

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