Attitudes of hospital leaders toward publicly reported measures of health care quality

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1904-1911

  Lindenauer, Peter K ^a,b   Lagu, Tara ^a,b   Ross, Joseph S ^c,d   Pekow, Penelope S ^a,e   Shatz, Amy ^a   Hannon, Nicholas ^a   Rothberg, Michael B ^f   Benjamin, Evan M ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919467742     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5161     Document Type: Article

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