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- Title
Indirect vs direct hospital quality indicators for very low-birth-weight infants.
- Authors
Rogowski, Jeannette A; Horbar, Jeffrey D; Staiger, Douglas O; Kenny, Michael; Carpenter, Joseph; Geppert, Jeffrey
- Abstract
Evidence-based selective referral strategies are being used by an increasing number of insurers to ensure that medical care is provided by high-quality providers. In the absence of direct-quality measures based on patient outcomes, the standards currently in place for many conditions rely on indirect-quality measures such as patient volume.
- Publication
JAMA, 2004, Vol 291, Issue 2, p202
- ISSN
1538-3598
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.291.2.202