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Quality Improvement and Measurement
HSC research focuses on a wide range of quality improvement and measurement topics, including hospital quality reporting and pay-for-performance initiatives.
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| Physicians' Assessments of Their Ability to Provide High Quality Care in a Changing Health Care SystemJames D. Reschovsky, Marie C. Reed, David Blumenthal, Bruce Landon |
March 2001 |
Medical Care |
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| Minority Physicians' Experiences Obtaining Referrals to Specialists and Hospital AdmissionsJ. Lee Hargraves, Jeffrey Stoddard, Sally Trude |
August 9, 2001 |
Medscape |
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| Price and Quality Transparency of Medical Services |
April 2, 2009 |
Congressional Testimony |
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| Commercial Health Plans' Care Management Activities and the Impact on Costs, Quality and OutcomesDebra A. Draper |
April 11, 2007 |
Congressional Testimony |
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| The Role of Nurses in Hospital Quality ImprovementDebra A. Draper, Laurie E. Felland, Allison Liebhaber, Lori Melichar |
March 2008 |
HSC Research Brief No. 3 |
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| A Health Plan Work in Progress: Hospital-Physician Price and Quality TransparencyAnn Tynan, Allison Liebhaber, Paul B. Ginsburg |
August 2008 |
HSC Research Brief No. 7 |
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| How Engaged Are Consumers in Their Health and Health Care, and Why Does It MatterJudith H. Hibbard, Peter J. Cunningham |
October 2008 |
HSC Research Brief No. 8 |
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| Can Money Buy Quality? Physician Response to Pay for PerformanceThomas Bodenheimer, Jessica H. May, Robert A. Berenson, Jennifer Coughlan |
December 2005 |
Issue Brief No. 102 |
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| Consumer Tolerance for Inaccuracy in Physician Performance Ratings: One Size Fits NoneMatthew M. Davis, Judith H. Hibbard, Arnold Milstein |
March 2007 |
Issue Brief No. 110 |
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| Physicians More Likely to Face Quality Incentives than Incentives That May Restrain CareJeffrey Stoddard, Joy M. Grossman, Liza Rudell |
January 2002 |
Issue Brief No. 48 |
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| Physicians and Care Management: More Acceptance than You ThinkMarie C. Reed, Kelly Devers, Bruce Landon |
January 2003 |
Issue Brief No. 60 |
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| Leapfrog Patient-Safety Standards are a Stretch for Most HospitalsKelly Devers, Gigi Y. Liu |
February 2004 |
Issue Brief No. 77 |
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| Paying for Quality: Health Plans Try Carrots Instead of SticksBradley C. Strunk, Robert E. Hurley |
May 2004 |
Issue Brief No. 82 |
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| Primary Care Physicians' Links to Other Physicians Through Medicare Patients: The Scope of Care CoordinationHoangmai H. Pham, Ann S. O'Malley, Peter B. Bach, Deborah Schrag |
Feb. 17, 2009 |
Journal Article Annals of Internal Medicine |
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| Quality Improvements By Providers: Market Developments Hinder ProgressKelly Devers |
September/October 2002 |
Journal Article Health Affairs |
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| The Impact of Quality-Reporting Programs on Hospital OperationsHoangmai H. Pham, Jennifer Coughlan, Ann S. O'Malley |
September/October 2006 |
Journal Article Health Affairs |
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| Obstacles to Employers' Pursuit of Health Care QualityJ. Lee Hargraves, Sally Trude |
September/October 2002 |
Journal Article Health Affairs |
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| What is Driving Hospitals' Patient-Safety Efforts?Kelly Devers, Hoangmai H. Pham, Gigi Y. Liu |
March/April 2004 |
Journal Article Health Affairs |
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| Focused Factories? Physician-owned Specialty FacilitiesLawrence P. Casalino, Kelly Devers, Linda R. Brewster |
November/December 2003 |
Journal Article Health Affairs, |
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| Financial Incentives and Physicians' Perceptions of Conflict of Interest and Ability to Arrange Medically Necessary ServicesJeffrey Stoddard, Marie C. Reed, Jack Hadley |
January 2003 |
Journal Article Journal of Ambulatory Care Management |
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