Primary care physicians' use of publicly reported quality data in hospital referral decisions

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 370-375

  Morsi, Elizabeth ^a   Lindenauer, Peter K ^a,b   Rothberg, Michael B ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL QUALITY; HOSPITAL REFERRAL; HUMAN; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84861978934     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.1931     Document Type: Article

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