PQRS Participation, Inappropriate Utilization of Health Care Services, and Medicare Expenditures

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 106-123

  Dowd, Bryan E ^a   Swenson, Tami ^a   Parashuram, Shriram ^b   Coulam, Robert ^c   Kane, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

medicare; payment; physician; PQRS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN QUALITY REPORTING SYSTEM; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84954288279     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558715597846     Document Type: Article

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