Predictors of nonadherence to national hospital quality measures for heart failure and pneumonia

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 636-646

  Shahian, David M ^a   Nordberg, Paul ^a   Meyer, Gregg S ^a   Mort, Elizabeth ^a   Atamian, Susan ^a   Liu, Xiu ^a   Karson, Andrew S ^a   Zheng, Hui ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance; Predictors; Process measure; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OXYGEN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959369964     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.03.021     Document Type: Article

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