Use of 13 disease registries in 5 countries demonstrates the potential to use outcome data to improve health care's value

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 220-227

  Larsson, Stefan ^a   Lawyer, Peter ^a   Garellick, Göran ^b   Lindahl, Bertil ^c   Lundström, Mats ^d  

^a BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855705870     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0762     Document Type: Article

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