The comprehensive care project: Measuring physician performance in ambulatory practice

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1912-1933

  Holmboe, Eric S ^a   Weng, Weifeng ^a   Arnold, Gerald K ^a   Kaplan, Sherrie H ^b   Normand, Sharon Lise ^c   Greenfield, Sheldon ^b   Hood, Sarah ^a   Lipner, Rebecca S ^a  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

composite measures; Comprehensive assessment; primary care; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RELIABILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 78449291743     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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