Are pediatric quality care measures too stringent?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 686-693

  Casciato, Allison ^a   Angier, Heather ^a   Milano, Christina ^a   Gideonse, Nicholas ^a   Gold, Rachel ^b   DeVoe, Jennifer ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OCHIN Community Health Information Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health networks; Electronic health records; Low income population; Pediatrics; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866174830     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2012.05.120041     Document Type: Article

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