Effect of present-on-admission (POA) reporting accuracy on hospital performance assessments using risk-adjusted mortality

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 922-938

  Goldman, L Elizabeth ^a   Chu, Philip W ^b   Bacchetti, Peter ^a   Kruger, Jenna ^a   Bindman, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hospital assessments; Present on admission; simulation analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRESENT ON ADMISSION REPORTING; PREVALENCE; SIMULATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84929698314     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12239     Document Type: Article

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