Systemwide Provider Performance in a Medicaid Program: Profiling the Care of Patients with Chronic Illnesses

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 798-810

  Powe, Neil R ^a   Weiner, Jonathan P ^a   Starfield, Barbara ^a   Stuart, Mary ^a   Baker, Andrew ^a   Steinwachs, Donald M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Casemix; Claims data; Cost of care; Medicaid; Practice variation; Provider performance; Provider profiling; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030216245     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199608000-00007     Document Type: Article

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