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Model Hospital Value-based Purchasing Program Continues to Improve Patient Outcomes
Imaging Economics, 08/31/09
As policymakers search for models of healthcare payment and delivery reform, fourth year results from the nation’s largest hospital value–based purchasing (VBP) program to improve hospital quality of care show that it is helping patients live longer and receive recommended treatments more frequently.
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