Performance improvement in health care - Seizing the moment

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 1953-1955

  Blumenthal, David ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REWARD; SHORT SURVEY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84861395619     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1203427     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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