Comparative evaluation of health services outcomes;Valutazione Comparativa di Esito Degli Interventi Sanitari

Epidemiologia e Prevenzione

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-84

  Agabiti, Nera ^a   Davoli, Marina ^a   Fusco, Danilo ^a   Stafoggia, Massimo ^a   Perucci, Carlo A ^b  

^a Servizio Sanitario Regionale   (Italy)

^b National Agency for Regional Health Services   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Health information systems; Health services; Outcomes; Propensity adjustment; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84856404991     PISSN: 11209763     EISSN: 23851937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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