Expanding the uses of AHRQ's prevention quality indicators: Validity from the clinician perspective

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 679-685

  Davies, Sheryl ^a   McDonald, Kathryn M ^a   Schmidt, Eric ^a   Schultz, Ellen ^a   Geppert, Jeffrey ^b   Romano, Patrick S ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; pay for performance; preventable hospitalizations; quality indicators; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGINA PECTORIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ASTHMA; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEHYDRATION; DELPHI STUDY; FACE VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; PANEL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTION QUALITY INDICATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONSENSUS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PHYSICIANS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY;

EID: 79961030014     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182159e65     Document Type: Review

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