The completeness of medical records to assess quality of hospital care: The case of acute myocardial infarction in a district-level general hospital in Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 592-595

  Shahraz, Saeid ^a   Barzanjeh, Amjad ^b   Bahari, Asmar ^b   Nadery, Yaqob ^b   Farzadfar, Farshad ^c   Beyranvand, Mohammad Reza ^d   Stason, William B ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shahid Ghollipour Hospital   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hospital records; Iran; Myocardial infarction; Quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84867262444     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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