How do black-serving hospitals perform on patient safety indicators?: Implications for national public reporting and pay-for-performance

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1133-1137

  Ly, Dan P ^a,b   Lopez, Lenny ^c   Isaac, Thomas ^d   Jha, Ashish K ^e,f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; public reporting; quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACK SERVING HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650171804     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181f81c7e     Document Type: Article

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