Quality measurement in the emergency department: Past and future

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2129-2138

  Schuur, Jeremiah D ^a   Hsia, Renee Y ^b   Burstin, Helen ^c   Schull, Michael J ^d,e   Pines, Jesse M ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ACCREDITATION; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL FEE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THORAX PAIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; FORECASTING; HISTORY; MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890182838     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0730     Document Type: Article

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