Mitigating the problem of unmeasured outcomes in quality reports

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Glazer, Jacob ^a,b   McGuire, Thomas ^c   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Partial reports; Quality reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749118800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1738     Document Type: Article

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