The Quality of Medical Care: Information for ConsumersCongress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1988 - 318 pages |
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Information for Consumers. Foreword For quite some time , people within the medical profession have been concerned about assessing the quality of medical care so that providers could improve it . Florence Nightingale in the field ...
Information for Consumers. Foreword For quite some time , people within the medical profession have been concerned about assessing the quality of medical care so that providers could improve it . Florence Nightingale in the field ...
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Information for Consumers. Advisory Panel - The Quality of Medical Care : Information for Consumers Linda H. Aiken Frederick Mosteller , Panel Chair Professor Emeritus , Department of Health Policy and Management Harvard School of Public ...
Information for Consumers. Advisory Panel - The Quality of Medical Care : Information for Consumers Linda H. Aiken Frederick Mosteller , Panel Chair Professor Emeritus , Department of Health Policy and Management Harvard School of Public ...
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... Hospital Activities -competitive medical plan -Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ( Pub- lic Law 99-272 ) -U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -diagnosis - related group -Emergency Nurses Association -Health ...
... Hospital Activities -competitive medical plan -Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ( Pub- lic Law 99-272 ) -U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -diagnosis - related group -Emergency Nurses Association -Health ...
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... medical conditions or diagnoses among patients . Certification by HCFA : A statement by the Health Care Financing Administration ( HCFA ) that a hos- pital meets HCFA's conditions of participation . Certification by HCFA is required for ...
... medical conditions or diagnoses among patients . Certification by HCFA : A statement by the Health Care Financing Administration ( HCFA ) that a hos- pital meets HCFA's conditions of participation . Certification by HCFA is required for ...
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... medical care using subjective criteria . Compare explicit review . Incidence : The frequency of new occurrences of a condition within a defined time interval . Incidence rate is the number of new cases of specified disease divided by ...
... medical care using subjective criteria . Compare explicit review . Incidence : The frequency of new occurrences of a condition within a defined time interval . Incidence rate is the number of new cases of specified disease divided by ...
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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.