The Quality of Medical Care: Information for ConsumersCongress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1988 - 318 pages |
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... adjustment for patient or other characteristics . Compare low- mortality outliers . Hospital accreditation : See accreditation by JCAHO . Hospital discharge abstract : See discharge abstract . Hospital mortality rate : Number of deaths ...
... adjustment for patient or other characteristics . Compare low- mortality outliers . Hospital accreditation : See accreditation by JCAHO . Hospital discharge abstract : See discharge abstract . Hospital mortality rate : Number of deaths ...
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... adjustment for patient or other characteristics . Compare high- mortality outliers . Medicaid : A federally aided , State - administered pro- gram that provides medical assistance to certain low - income people . Medical injury : An ...
... adjustment for patient or other characteristics . Compare high- mortality outliers . Medicaid : A federally aided , State - administered pro- gram that provides medical assistance to certain low - income people . Medical injury : An ...
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... adjusted for patients ' risk of dying did find that high - mortality hospitals were significantly more likely to have ... adjust for patient risk across the hospi- tal for all conditions are still being developed and tested . Furthermore ...
... adjusted for patients ' risk of dying did find that high - mortality hospitals were significantly more likely to have ... adjust for patient risk across the hospi- tal for all conditions are still being developed and tested . Furthermore ...
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... adjusting data for patients ' risk poses the same problems here as for hospital mortality rates . As with several of the other indicators , consumers and others would be well advised to consider hospital volume data for more than a ...
... adjusting data for patients ' risk poses the same problems here as for hospital mortality rates . As with several of the other indicators , consumers and others would be well advised to consider hospital volume data for more than a ...
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... adjust for patients ' risk are inadequate . false negatives . Grounds for disciplinary actions extend beyond incompetence and inappropriate . The indicator does not identify all poor - quality physicians ; there are many care to felony ...
... adjust for patients ' risk are inadequate . false negatives . Grounds for disciplinary actions extend beyond incompetence and inappropriate . The indicator does not identify all poor - quality physicians ; there are many care to felony ...
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Page 209 - Association, the American Medical Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies.
Page 259 - External validity refers to the extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to a larger population.
Page 301 - Haley RW, Culver DH, Morgan WM, et al. Identifying patients at high risk of surgical wound infection: a simple multivariate index of patient susceptibility and wound contamination.
Page 291 - Guidelines for Perinatal Care is required reading for all physicians and nurses who care for pregnant women and newborns. It details the joint recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Page 280 - Reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions resulting from substandard care provided during the prior admission 2. Assure the provision of medical services which, when not performed, have significant potential for causing serious patient complications 3.