Critical access hospitals and the challenges to quality care

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-97

  Lipsky, Martin S ^a   Glasser, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NOTE; PNEUMONIA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICARE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960040493     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.928     Document Type: Editorial

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