2001
Adjusting for Patient Characteristics When Analyzing Reports From Patients About Hospital Care
Hargraves J, Wilson I, Zaslavsky A, James C, Walker J, Rogers G, Cleary P. Adjusting for Patient Characteristics When Analyzing Reports From Patients About Hospital Care. Medical Care 2001, 39: 635-641. PMID: 11404646, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200106000-00011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient characteristicsHospital careHealth statusPatient-reported problemsCoordination of careTypes of patientsSample of patientsQuality improvement effortsInvolvement of familyPatient genderPatient preferencesHospital differencesPatientsHospital staffPhysical careConsistent associationHospitalHospital rankingsCareTelephone surveyImportant predictorEducation levelEmotional supportReportPresent data
1999
Benchmarking and quality improvement: the Harvard Emergency Department Quality Study∗∗Access the “Journal Club” discussion of this paper at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ajmselect/
Burstin H, Conn A, Setnik G, Rucker D, Cleary P, O’Neil A, Orav E, Sox C, Brennan T, Investigators T. Benchmarking and quality improvement: the Harvard Emergency Department Quality Study∗∗Access the “Journal Club” discussion of this paper at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ajmselect/. The American Journal Of Medicine 1999, 107: 437-449. PMID: 10569298, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(99)00269-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient-reported problemsEmergency department careCare guidelinesMedical recordsPatient ratingsChief complaintEmergency departmentHospital emergency departmentQuality improvement interventionsPatient-reported measuresEmergency department directorsPatient-based measuresEmergency department (ED) qualityQuality improvement effortsEligible patientsPatient questionnairePreintervention periodPostintervention periodPatient reportsPatientsImprovement interventionsMultivariate analysisPercent complianceStudy periodCare