Appraising Hospital Performance by Using the JCHAO/CMS Quality Measures in Southern Italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Flotta, Domenico ^a   Rizza, Paolo ^a   Coscarelli, Pierluigi ^a   Pileggi, Claudia ^a   Nobile, Carmelo G A ^a   Pavia, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING CESSATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84868697846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048923     Document Type: Article

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