The release of performance data: What do we expect to gain? A review of the evidence

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1866-1874

  Marshall, Martin N ^a,g   Shekelle, Paul G ^b,c   Leatherman, Sheila ^d,e   Brook, Robert H ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Health Care Policy and Evaluation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BENCHMARKING; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034639804     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.14.1866     Document Type: Review

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