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Provider Monitoring and Pay-for-Performance When Multiple Providers Affect Outcomes: An Application to Renal Dialysis
Health Services Research, 06/25/09

Hirth RA et al. - The article demonstrates a method for determining the extent to which variation in health care costs and quality of care can be attributed to physicians and institutional providers. Because variation in quality and cost attributable to facilities is consistently larger than that attributable to physicians, if provider profiling or financial incentives are targeted to only one type of provider, the facility appears to be the appropriate locus.

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United States Health Care Reform in 2009: A Primer for Gastroenterologists
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 11/04/09 Relevance Score: 83%

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American Hospital Association News, 10/14/09 Relevance Score: 83%

The cost effectiveness of integrated care for people living with HIV including antiretroviral treatment in a primary health care centre in Bujumbura, Burundi
AIDS Care, 11/12/09 Relevance Score: 82%

URAC's eLearning Programs and Webinars Enhance Health Care Education and Reduce Costs
URAC News Releases, 10/12/09 Relevance Score: 82%

Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Could Increase More Than 35 Percent in Every State by 2019
AMN Healthcare, 10/09/09 Relevance Score: 82%