Mortality rates for medicare beneficiaries admitted to critical access and non-critical access hospitals, 2002-2010

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1379-1387

  Joynt, Karen E ^a,b,c   Orav, E John ^a,b   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MEDICARE BENEFICIARY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875644537     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.2366     Document Type: Article

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