How health systems could avert 'Triple Fail' events that are harmful, are costly, and result in poor patient satisfaction

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 669-676

  Lewis, Geraint ^a   Kirkham, Heather ^b   Duncan, Ian ^b   Vaithianathan, Rhema ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Walgreens Clinical Outcomes and Analytics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; COMPENSATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL ERROR;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84877974054     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1350     Document Type: Article

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