National committee on quality assurance health-plan accreditation: Predictors, correlates of performance, and market impact

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-337

  Beaulieu, Nancy Dean ^a   Epstein, Arnold M ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Managed care; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCREDITATION; BENCHMARKING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036548592     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200204000-00008     Document Type: Article

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