Responding to public criticism of hospital quality: the Scripps Memorial Hospital-La Jolla case.
Measurement of the appropriateness and quality of medical care with "small area variation analysis" is examined in this report from a hospital in California.
D002140:California; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012107:Research Design