Profiling variations in outpatient care for medicare beneficiaries in Connecticut

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 509-514

  Giannotti, Tierney E ^a   Tate, Janet P ^a   Kelvey Albert, Michele ^a   Barr, Judith K ^a   Ho, Shih Yieh ^a,b   Elwell, Anne ^a,c   Meehan, Thomas P ^a  

^a Qualidigm ^*  (United States)

^b Analysis Department

^c Quality Improvement Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONNECTICUT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33748783669     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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