Measuring low-value care in medicare

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1067-1076

  Schwartz, Aaron L ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^a,b   Elshaug, Adam G ^a,c,d,e   Chernew, Michael E ^a   McWilliams, J Michael ^a,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e Lown Institute   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904124166     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.1541     Document Type: Article

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