Governmental designation of spine specialty hospitals, their characteristics, performance and designation effects: A longitudinal study in Korea

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Sun Jung ^a   Yoo, Ji Won ^b,c   Lee, Sang Gyu ^a,d   Kim, Tae Hyun ^a,d   Han, Kyu Tae ^a   Park, Eun Cheol ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; SOUTH KOREA; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SPECIALTY HOSPITAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SPINAL DISEASES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84911949038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006525     Document Type: Article

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