Public reporting and pay-for-performance programs in perioperative medicine: Are they meeting their goals?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Lindenauer, Peter ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BENCHMARKING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74349116502     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.01     Document Type: Article

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