Evidence-Based Perspectives on Pay for Performance and Quality of Patient Care and Outcomes in Emergency Medicine

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 622-631

  Glickman, Seth W ^a   Schulman, Kevin A ^a,b   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b   Hocker, Michael B ^a   Cairns, Charles B ^c  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOLOGY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049178225     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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