Publicly reported quality-of-care measures influenced wisconsin physician groups to improve performance

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 536-543

  Lamb, Geoffrey C ^a   Smith, Maureen A ^b   Weeks, William B ^c   Queram, Christopher ^d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84875038248     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1275     Document Type: Article

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