Quality improvement, pay for performance, and "outcomes measurement": What makes sense?

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-111

  Liptzin, Benjamin ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 58149528243     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.1.108     Document Type: Short Survey

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