An advanced look at surgical performance under medicare's hospital-inpatient value-based purchasing program: Who is winning and who is losing?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Dupree, James M ^a   Neimeyer, Jennifer ^a   McHugh, Megan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; MAGNET HOSPITAL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; NATIONAL SURGICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84890804419     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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