Quality of care and interhospital collaboration: A study of patient transfers in Italy

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 407-414

  Lomi, Alessandro ^a   Mascia, Daniele ^b   Vu, Duy Quang ^c   Pallotti, Francesca ^d   Conaldi, Guido ^d   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ITALY; PATIENT TRANSFER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84898047437     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000107     Document Type: Article

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