Effect of patient selection method on provider group performance estimates

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 780-785

  Thorpe, Carolyn T ^a   Flood, Grace E ^a,b   Kraft, Sally A ^b   Everett, Christine M ^a   Smith, Maureen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; performance measurement; quality assessment; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFORMANCE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

ALGORITHMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79961031441     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31821b3604     Document Type: Article

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