Perils and opportunities of comparative performance measurement

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-194

  Profit, Jochen ^a,b,c   Woodard, LeChauncy D ^b,c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; EDITORIAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL IMPAIRMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP;

EID: 84856706514     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.810     Document Type: Editorial

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