Can choice of the sample population affect perceived performance: Implications for performance assessment

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-109

  Landon, Bruce E ^a,b   O'Malley, A James ^a   Keegan, Thomas ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951121579     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1153-z     Document Type: Article

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