Relationship of Primary Care Physicians' Patient Caseload With Measurement of Quality and Cost Performance
Open Access
- 9 December 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 302 (22) , 2444-2450
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1810
Abstract
Ample evidence reveals that despite high and rising costs of health care in the United States, quality is lagging.1,2 Moreover, research has repeatedly documented considerable variation in Medicare spending and quality across the country independent of patient illness levels or demographic characteristics.3,4Keywords
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