Are comparisons of patient experiences across hospitals fair? A study in veterans health administration hospitals

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 619-625

  Cleary, Paul D ^a   Meterko, Mark ^b,c   Wright, Steven M ^d   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d VA Office of Analytics and Business Intelligence   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

case mix; hospitals; patient experiences

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERANS HEALTH;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902519846     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000144     Document Type: Article

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