Costs of potential complications of care for major surgery patients

RL Kalish, J Daley, CC Duncan, RB Davis… - American Journal of …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
We examined computerized hospital discharge ab stract data from 372,680 major surgery
patients admit ted to 404 California acute care hospitals in 1988 to identify potential …

Using severity-adjusted stroke mortality rates to judge hospitals

LI Iezzoni, M Shwartz, AS Ash… - … Journal for Quality in …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Mortality rates are commonly used to judge hospital performance. In comparing death rates
across hospitals, it is important to control for differences in patient severity. Various severity …

[HTML][HTML] Black-white treatment differences in acute myocardial infarction

JB Mitchell, RK Khandker - Health Care Financing Review, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Previous research has documented that black patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
are significantly less likely than white patients to receive cardiac procedures. This article …

From research to policy: What have we learned from designing the population health information system?

NP Roos - Medical Care, 1995 - journals.lww.com
This article discusses the lessons learned from the experience of designing and using a
population health information system and the policy implications of information generated. A …

[PDF][PDF] R95–08

R Blais, P Boyle, R Pineault, J Aubin - 1995 - santecom.qc.ca
Les taux de chirurgie varient de façon importante entre les pays, les états et les petites
régions. Les conséquences de ces variations sur la santé des populations sont peu …