The Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative: Will a statewide quality improvement initiative pay for itself?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 246, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1100-1103

  Englesbe, Michael J ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^a   Sonnenday, Christopher J ^a   Share, David A ^b,c   Campbell Jr , Darrell A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium   (United States)

^c Blue's Center for Health Care Quality and Evaluative Studies

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MONEY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549071113     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31815c3fe5     Document Type: Article

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