Undermeasuring overuse - An examination of national clinical performance measures

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1709-1711

  Newton, Erika H ^a   Zazzera, Erin A ^a   Van Moorsel, Guillaume ^b   Sirovich, Brenda E ^c,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Stamford Radiological Associates   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTPATIENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION;

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84943518532     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4025     Document Type: Letter

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