Quality of care in the US territories

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1528-1540

  Nunez Smith, Marcella ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^b   Herrin, Jeph ^a,c   Santana, Calie ^d   Curry, Leslie A ^a,b   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^e,f   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GUAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MICRONESIA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; PUERTO RICO; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053348788     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.284     Document Type: Article

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