Health disparities and stroke: The influence of insurance status on the prevalence of patient safety indicators and hospital-acquired conditions

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 870-875

  Fargen, Kyle M ^a   Neal, Dan ^a   Blackburn, Spiros L ^a   Hoh, Brian L ^a   Rahman, Maryam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital acquired condition; Insurance; Patient safety indicators; Pay for performance; Stroke; Vascular disorders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASES; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED CONDITION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; AGED; ALGORITHM; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930337554     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.12.JNS14646     Document Type: Article

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