Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ318645
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1985
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Impact of a Cybernetic System of Feedback to Physicians on Inappropriate Hospital Use.
Studnicki, James; And Others
Journal of Medical Education, v60 n6 p454-60 Jun 1985
A cybernetic control program was designed to reduce inappropriate days of hospitalization for Medicare patients in four Western Maryland counties. Hospital stays for patients of 282 physicians were reviewed by physician advisers, with attention to the physician's volume of hospitalized patients and the number of inappropriate days of care. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Feedback, Higher Education, Hospitals, Patients, Physicians, Standards, Use Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Maryland
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