A phased cluster-randomized trial of rural hospitals testing a quality collaborative to improve heart failure care: Organizational context matters

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 396-403

  Newhouse, Robin P ^a   Dennison Himmelfarb, Cheryl ^b   Morlock, Laura ^c   Frick, Kevin D ^c   Pronovost, Peter ^d   Liang, Yulan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

core measures; nursing; quality; quality collaborative; rural hospital

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTERED NURSE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SMOKING CESSATION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876234144     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318286e32e     Document Type: Article

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