Focus on quality: Profiling physiciansʼ practice patterns
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management
- Vol. 17 (3) , 44-75
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004479-199407000-00008
Abstract
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.Keywords
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