Relationship between quality improvement processes and clinical performance

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 601-606

  Damberg, Cheryl L ^a   Shortell, Stephen M ^b   Raube, Kristiana ^b   Gillies, Robin R ^b   Rittenhouse, Diane ^c   McCurdy, Rodney K ^b   Casalino, Lawrence P ^d   Adams, John ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MEDICAID; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN JOINT VENTURES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956113831     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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