Emergency Department Utilization as a Measure of Physician Performance

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-143

  Dowd, Bryan ^a   Karmarker, Medha ^b   Swenson, Tami ^a   Parashuram, Shriram ^a   Kane, Robert ^a   Coulam, Robert ^c   Jeffery, Molly Moore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; measurement; Medicare; performance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICARE; NEW YORK CITY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897730125     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860613487196     Document Type: Article

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