Impact of socioeconomic status measures on hospital profiling in new york city

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 391-397

  Blum, Alexander B ^a,b   Egorova, Natalia N ^b   Sosunov, Eugene A ^a   Gelijns, Annetine C ^b   Dupree, Erin ^b   Moskowitz, Alan J ^b,c   Federman, Alex D ^c   Ascheim, Deborah D ^b   Keyhani, Salomeh ^a  

^a Evergreen Health   (United States)

^b Departments of Health Evidence   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Patient readmission; Social class

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NEW YORK CITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 84903577565     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000520     Document Type: Article

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