The impact of Public Reporting on clinical outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Campanella, Paolo ^a   Vukovic, Vladimir ^a   Parente, Paolo ^a   Sulejmani, Adela ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^a   Specchia, Maria Lucia ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Healthcare quality; Public reporting; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

DATA EXTRACTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCOPUS; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEB OF SCIENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ITALY;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ITALY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84979036991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1543-y     Document Type: Article

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