Migration of patients between five urban teaching hospitals in Chicago

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Galanter, William L ^a,i   Applebaum, Andrew ^b   Boddipalli, Viveka ^c   Kho, Abel ^d,e   Lin, Michael ^f   Meltzer, David ^g   Roberts, Anna ^e   Trick, Bill ^h   Walton, Surrey M ^a   Lambert, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Chicago Health Information Technology Regional Extension Center   (United States)

^f RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

ⁱ UIC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation of care; Health information exchange; Health information technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIGRATION; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESIDENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PILOT STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHICAGO; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84873346560     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-013-9930-y     Document Type: Article

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