Quality of Quality Measurement: Impact of Risk Adjustment, Hospital Volume, and Hospital Performance

Anesthesiology

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1092-1102

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Li, Yue ^a   Dick, Andrew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b RAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RISK ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BED OCCUPANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 84988651782     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001362     Document Type: Article

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