Impact of hospital teaching intensity on quality of care and patient outcomes

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 567-574

  Mueller, Stephanie K ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart ^a   Hicks, Leroi S ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UMass Memorial Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital quality; mortality; quality of care; quality performance; readmissions; safety net

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING CESSATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879873957     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182902151     Document Type: Article

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