The association between hospital margins, quality of care, and closure or other change in operating status

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1291-1296

  Ly, Dan P ^a   Jha, Ashish K ^b,c   Epstein, Arnold M ^c,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

closure; margins; quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CLOSURE; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MARGIN; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPERATING STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

COST SAVINGS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81155160887     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1815-5     Document Type: Article

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