Care patterns in medicare and their implications for pay for performance

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1130-1139

  Pham, Hoangmai H ^a   Schrag, Deborah ^b   O'Malley, Ann S ^a   Wu, Beny ^c   Bach, Peter B ^b  

^a CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33947216465     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa063979     Document Type: Article

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