Financial and Demographic Influences on Medicare Patient Safety Events

Abstract

Background: The hospital market is stratified between the "have" and the "have not" hospitals. Whether financial disparities among hospitals are associated with disparities in patient safety problems is unknown.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA434276

Entities

People

  • Didem Bernard
  • William E. Encinosa

Organizations

  • United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitalizations
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Medicare
  • Patient Care
  • Physicians
  • Statistics
  • Vascular Diseases

Fields of Study

  • Medicine