Focus on quality: profiling physicians' practice patterns.
J Ambul Care Manage
; 17(3): 44-75, 1994 Jul.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10171938
This article presents a physician practice profiling system developed using Medicare data to evaluate the quality of care provided by primary care physicians. We discuss four attributes to physicians' practice profiles that make them useful for quality improvement: flexibility, user involvement in developing profiles, explicit plans for evaluation, and fairness to groups of providers. This system serves as a model for physician profiling with a focus on quality of care measurement.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção Primária à Saúde
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Qualidade da Assistência à Saúde
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Padrões de Prática Médica
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Ambul Care Manage
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article