The relationship of hospital quality and cost per case in Hawaii

Inquiry (United States)

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-74

  Ashby, Jack ^a   Juarez, Deborah Taira ^b   Berthiaume, John ^a   Sibley, Paul ^a   Chung, Richard S ^c  

^a Hawaii Medical Service Association   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c APS Healthcare Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HAWAII; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84862617629     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_49.01.06     Document Type: Article

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