Do Hospitals Without Physicians on the Board Deliver Lower Quality of Care?

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-65

  Bai, Ge ^a   Krishnan, Ranjani ^b  

^a WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

board of directors; governance; hospital quality of care; physicians

Indexed keywords

BOARD OF TRUSTEES; CALIFORNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAID; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; GOVERNING BOARD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921385677     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860613516668     Document Type: Article

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