title: Hospital quality: does past performance predict future performance?
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: Laurent G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Glance
authors.affiliation: RAND Health, RAND, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Andrew W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Colchester.
authors.forename: Turner M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Osler
authors.affiliation: RAND Health, RAND, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Arthur L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Kellermann
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011787:Quality of Health Care