The GAAP in quality measurement and reporting

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1800-1802

  Pronovost, Peter J ^a,c   Miller, Marlene ^a   Wachter, Robert M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 35348982784     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.15.1800     Document Type: Note

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