Design and use of performance measures to decrease low-value services and achieve cost-conscious care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-59

  Baker, David W ^a   Qaseem, Amir ^b   Reynolds, P Preston ^c   Gardner, Lea Anne ^d   Schneider, Eric C ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d ECRI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e RAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84871897535     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-1-201301010-00560     Document Type: Article

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