Assessing hospital quality
Subtitle: an outcome study of patients with acute myocardial infarction in Massachusetts hospitals
By: by Paul F. O'Keefe, Mei Wang ; Federal Project Officer : Carl Hackerman
Contributors: Wang, Mei; Hackerman, Carl; University of Massachusetts at Boston. Public Policy Program
Publisher: Public Policy Program, University of Massachusetts Boston
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Hospital care; Quality control; Myocardial infarction; Patients; Evaluation
Description: This study attempted to deal with the problem of measuring outcomes among providers given differences in patient casemix. It used acute myocardial infarcts and identified a wide range of attributes of structure and process associated with AMI outcomes. It explored the interrelationships between structure of care and process of care, controlling for AMI patient demographic and clinical risk factors.
Notes: "March 1998"

Includes bibliographical references.

Photocopy. [Baltimore, Md. : Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services ; 2002]. 28 cm.

Supported by HCFA contract no. 30-P-90739/1-01.