Getting more performance from performance measurement

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 2145-2147

  Cassel, Christine K ^a   Conway, Patrick H ^b   Delbanco, Suzanne F ^c   Jha, Ashish K ^d   Saunders, Robert S ^a   Lee, Thomas H ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^c Catalyst for Payment Reform   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Press Ganey Associates Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

BENCHMARKING; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918779041     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1408345     Document Type: Article

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