The association between the hospital quality alliance's pneumonia measures and discharge costs

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 50-60

  Saleh, Shadi ^a   Callan, Mark ^b,c   Kassak, Kassem ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Home Care Association of New York State Albany   (United States)

^c DataGen   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost savings; Costs; Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA); Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGENATION; PNEUMONIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84860875575     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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