Measuring the Quality of Diabetes Care Using Administrative Data: Is There Bias?

Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1529-1546

  Keating, Nancy L ^a,b   Landrum, Mary Beth ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^a,c   Ayanian, John Z ^a   Borbas, Catherine ^d   Guadagnoli, Edward ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Hlthcare Eval/Res Found Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes care; Quality indicators; Quality measurement

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; RETINOPATHY; SCREENING;

EID: 0347182860     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2003.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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