Finding high quality, efficient providers for value purchasing cohort methods better than methods based on events

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 853-855

  Wennberg, John E ^a,b   Fisher, Elliott S ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

COHORT STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036781816     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200210000-00003     Document Type: Editorial

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