TY  - JOUR
T1  - IDentifying and improving quality of care—reply
AU  - Werner RM, McNutt RA
Y1  - 2009/07/22
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2009.1044
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 383
EP  - 383
VL  - 302
IS  - 4
N2  - 
Outcomes measures are often poorly risk adjusted and seem to have minimal effect on which physicians patients select.1 Measuring processes of care, although evidence-based and actionable, has had little effect on patient outcomes.2- 3 To our knowledge, neither measure type has successfully been used to improve quality of care.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.1044
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1044
ER  -