Assessing the appropriateness of care - Its time has come

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 997-998

  Brook, Robert H ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPLASTY; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; CONSUMER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYRINGOTOMY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69849093053     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1279     Document Type: Note

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