The best period for mortality rates associated with hospital stay: Hospital mortality performs well for nonsurgical diagnostic groups

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-206

  Stausberg, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; health care; hospitals; mortality; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960829991     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e318223d00a     Document Type: Article

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