Examining the Impact of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) on the Veterans Health Administration: The Case of Readmissions

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-44

  Rosen, Amy K ^a,b   Loveland, Susan ^a   Shin, Marlena ^a   Shwartz, Michael ^a,c   Hanchate, Amresh ^a,b   Chen, Qi ^a,d   Kaafarani, Haytham M A ^e,f   Borzecki, Ann ^a,d,g  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse events; coordination of care; Patient safety; readmissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY INDICATOR; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGERY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84871617097     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318270c0f7     Document Type: Article

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