141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

3054.0
Quality of in-patient care

Monday, November 4, 2013: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Compare methods of ascertaining quality of care for several conditions. Demonstrate congruence or effectiveness of these methods.
Moderator:
Haichang Xin, PhD

8:30am
Benchmarking patient safety and quality in US hospitals: The stochastic frontier approach   
Lynn Unruh, PhD, RN, LHRM and Richard Hofler, PhD
     
8:50am
How consistent is the reliability of hospital performance based on simulation and multilevel approaches?   
Tsung-Tai Chen, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Medical Care

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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