Relationship between patient panel characteristics and primary care physician clinical performance rankings

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1107-1113

  Hong, Clemens S ^a,c   Atlas, Steven J ^a,c   Chang, Yuchiao ^a,c   Subramanian, S V ^b   Ashburner, Jeffrey M ^c   Barry, Michael J ^a,c   Grant, Richard W ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN JOINT VENTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 77956404417     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1287     Document Type: Article

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