Health plan performance measurement: Does it affect quality of care for medicare managed care enrollees?

Inquiry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-183

  Kate Bundorf, M ^a,c   Choudhry, Kavita ^b   Baker, Laurence ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 50249124817     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_45.02.168     Document Type: Article

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