Use of Administrative Data to Find Substandard Care
Medical CarePublished 1 August 2000
Saul N. Weingart, Lisa I. Iezzoni, Roger B. Davis, R. Heather Palmer, Michael J. Cahalane, Mary Beth Hamel
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For some types of complications, screening administrative data may offer an efficient approach for identifying potentially problematic cases for physician review, and understanding the basis for physicians' judgments about quality requires more investigation.
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For some types of complications, screening administrative data may offer an efficient approach for identifying potentially problematic cases for physician review. Understanding the basis for physicians' judgments about quality requires more investigation.
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Health ProfessionsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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