A comparison of quality of care indicators in urban acute care hospitals and rural critical access hospitals in the United States

• Published in: International journal for quality in health care Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 141 - 149
• Main Authors: Lutfiyya, M Nawal, Bhat, Deepa K, Gandhi, Seema R, Nguyen, Catherine, Weidenbacher-Hoper, Vicki L, Lipsky, Martin S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2007
• Subjects: Hospitals - United States; Medical service - Standards; United States - Medical sector

Objective. Two recent Institute of Medicine reports highlight that the quality of healthcare in the US is less than what should be expected from the worlds most extensive and expensive healthcare system. This may be especially true for critical access hospitals since these smaller rural-based hospit...