Association of hospitalist presence and hospital-level outcome measures among medicare patients

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Jungerwirth, Robert ^a,b   Wheeler, Stephanie B ^b   Paul, John E ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891658931     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2118     Document Type: Article

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