Failure to rescue measure: Validation of community- and hospital-acquired complications

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 417-423

  Talsma, Akkeneel ^a   Jones, Katherine ^b   Liu, Guipeng ^c   Campbell, Darrell A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICARE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957293275     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181f2eb5b     Document Type: Article

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