Current efforts of regional and national performance measurement initiatives around the United States

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Roski, Joachim ^a   Kim, Min Gayles ^a  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical performance measures; Health care reform; Quality; Regional collaboratives; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANDATORY PROGRAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954279947     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860609346463     Document Type: Article

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