BOOST: Evidence needing a lift

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 468-469

  Auerbach, Andrew ^a   Fang, Margaret ^a   Glasheen, Jeffrey ^b   Brotman, Daniel ^c   O'Leary, Kevin J ^d   Horwitz, Leora I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDY DESIGN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION;

EID: 84881552603     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2065     Document Type: Editorial

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