Public reporting helped drive quality improvement in outpatient diabetes care among Wisconsin Physician Groups

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 570-577

  Smith, Maureen A ^a   Wright, Alexandra ^b   Queram, Christopher ^c   Lamb, Geoffrey C ^d  

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

^b Health Innovation Program   (United States)

^c Healthcare Quality   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC REPORTING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AMBULATORY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84863350977     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0853     Document Type: Article

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