Changes in hospital-physician affiliations in U.S. hospitals and their effect on quality of care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-8

  Scott, Kirstin W ^a   Orav, E John ^b   Cutler, David M ^c   Jha, Ashish K ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Littauer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY RATE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; EMPLOYMENT; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

EMPLOYMENT; HOSPICES; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014638859     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M16-0125     Document Type: Article

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