There is a critical need for comparative information about plan resource use to support value-based purchasing efforts

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-74

  Turbyville, Sally Elizabeth ^a,c   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^b   Pawlson, L Gregory ^a   Scholle, Sarah Hudson ^a  

^a NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951837339     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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