Pediatric physician profiling

Authors
Swanson, JT Cox, EO France, FL Grimm, KCT Herbert, JW Hodgson, ES Lieberthal, AS Yasuda, K Davis, T Chessin, RD Sayers, R Eugenio, EE Berger, JE Berman, J Buckley, JM Craft, WH Deitschel, CH Evans, G Fraser, JJ Myers, H Combs, L Heland, K
Citation
Jt. Swanson et al., Pediatric physician profiling, PEDIATRICS, 104(4), 1999, pp. 970-972
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
PEDIATRICS
ISSN journal
00314005 → ACNP
Volume
104
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
970 - 972
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-4005(199910)104:4<970:PPP>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Employers, insurers, and other purchasers of health care services collect d ata to profile the practice habits of pediatricians and other physicians. T his policy statement delineates a series of recommendations that should be adopted by health care purchasers to guide the development and implementati on of physician profiling systems.