Higher practice intensity is associated with higher quality of care but more avoidable admissions for medicare beneficiaries

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1188-1194

  Landon, Bruce E ^a   O'Malley, A James ^b   McKellar, M Richard ^a   Hadley, Jack ^c   Reschovsky, James D ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

incentives in health care; Medicare; payment systems; quality of care patient safety

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904444414     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2840-y     Document Type: Article

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