Patient mortality during unannounced accreditation surveys at US Hospitals

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 693-700

  Barnett, Michael L ^a,b   Olenski, Andrew R ^c   Jena, Anupam B ^c,d,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCREDITATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018967951     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.9685     Document Type: Article

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