A history of and a vision for cms quality measurement programs

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 465-470

  Goodrich, Kate ^a   Garcia, Edward ^b   Conway, Patrick H ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^b Quality Measurement and Health Assessment Group   (United States)

^c Center for Clinical Standards and Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HUMANS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869136175     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(12)38062-8     Document Type: Review

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