Achievable benchmarks of care for primary care quality indicators in a practice-based research network

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-46

  Wessell, Andrea M ^a,b,e   Liszka, Heather A ^a,c   Nietert, Paul J ^a,c   Jenkins, Ruth G ^a,c   Nemeth, Lynne S ^a,d   Ornstein, Steven ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Department of Family Medicine ^*

^d Department of Biostatistics ^*

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Practice based research network; Primary health care; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLISHING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37649019572     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860607310774     Document Type: Article

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