The association between hospital volume and processes, outcomes, and costs of care for congestive heart failure

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-102

  Joynt, Karen E ^a   Orav, E John ^a   Jha, Ashish K ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 79551619355     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-2-201101180-00008     Document Type: Article

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