Hospitals in 'Magnet' program show better patient outcomes on mortality measures compared to non-'Magnet' hospitals

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 986-992

  Friese, Christopher R ^a   Xia, Rong ^b   Ghafer, Amir ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^c   Banerjee, Mousumi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAGNET HOSPITAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FAILURE TO RESCUE (HEALTH CARE); HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAILURE TO RESCUE, HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930921073     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0793     Document Type: Article

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