Relationship of primary care physicians' patient caseload with measurement of quality and cost performance

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 2444-2450

  Nyweide, David J ^a   Weeks, William B ^b   Gottlieb, Daniel J ^b   Casalino, Lawrence P ^c   Fisher, Elliott S ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549154377     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1810     Document Type: Article

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