Quality monitoring and management in commercial health plans

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 377-386

  Landon, Bruce E ^a,b   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^c   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^a,c   Frank, Richard G ^a   Epstein, Arnold M ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46449094366     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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