The Importance of Population-Based Performance Measures

Editorial
Joseph S. Ross M.D., M.H.S., Albert L. Siu M.D., M.S.P.H.
(2007) Health Services Research 42 (1p1), 1–6.
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"Beyond Our Walls: Impact of Patient and Provider Coordination across the Continuum on Outcomes from Surgical Patients."
Weinberg, D. B., J. H. Gittell, R. W. Lusenhop, C. M. Kautz, and J. Wright.
2007. Health Services Research 42 (1, Part I): 7–24.
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"Impact of the Medicare Short Stay Transfer Policy on Patients undergoing Major Orthopedic Surgery."
Fitzgerald, J. D., W. J. Boscardin, B. H. Hahn, and S. L. Ettner.
2007. Health Services Research 42 (1, Part I): 25–44.
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"Does Ambulatory Process of Care Predict Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes for Patients with Chronic Disease?"
Kahn, K. L., D. M. Tisnado, J. L. Adams, H. Liu, W.-P. Chen, F. A. Hu, C. M. Mangione, R. D. Hays, and C. L. Damberg.
2007. Health Services Research 42 (1, Part I): 63–83.
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"Assigning Ambulatory Patients and Their Physicians to Hospitals: A Method for Obtaining Population-Based Provider Performance Measurements."
Bynum, J. P. W., E. Bernal-Delgado, D. Gottlieb, and E. Fisher.
2007. Health Services Research 42 (1, Part I): 45–62.
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