Enhancing performance measurement: NCQA's road map for a health information framework

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1184-1190

  Schneider, Eric C ^a,d   Riehl, Virginia ^b   Courte Wienecke, Sonja ^c   Eddy, David M ^b   Sennett, Cary ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033615339     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.12.1184     Document Type: Review

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