The reliability of medical group performance measurement in a single insurer's pay for performance program

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-123

  Rodriguez, Hector P ^a   Perry, Lisa ^b   Conrad, Douglas A ^b   Maynard, Charles ^b,c   Martin, Diane P ^b   Grembowski, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Development Center of Excellence   (United States)

Author keywords

HEDIS; pay for performance; physician organizations; reliability

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LEUKOTRIENE DERIVATIVE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METHYLXANTHINE; NEDOCROMIL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

ASTHMA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84856058173     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31822dcddb     Document Type: Article

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