Hospital variation in risk-standardized hospital admission rates from US EDs among adults

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 837-843

  Capp, Roberta ^a,b,c   Ross, Joseph S ^a,b,d   Fox, Justin P ^e   Wang, Yongfei ^b,d   Desai, Mayur M ^a,e,f   Venkatesh, Arjun K ^a,b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,d,f  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL OWNERSHIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK STANDARDIZED HOSPITAL ADMISSION RATE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905215188     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.03.033     Document Type: Article

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