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Timbie JW et al. - Provider profiling and performance-based incentive programs have expanded in recent years but need a theoretical framework for measuring and comparing the "value" of clinical care across medical providers. They model each outcome using hierarchical models that allow performance to vary across hospitals as a function of a latent quality effect and an effect of case mix.

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