Tension between quality measurement, public quality reporting, and pay for performance

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 349-350

  Farmer, Steven A ^a,b   Black, Bernard ^b,c   Bonow, Robert O ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BILLING AND CLAIMS; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC QUALITY REPORTING; REIMBURSEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; DISCLOSURE; HEALTH POLICY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872763158     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.191276     Document Type: Short Survey

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