## Abstract Quality of care measurement and reporting at the provider, hospital, or health system level has become increasingly common in health systems around the world. Health system performance reports, whether they be confidentially distributed to the provider or made available to the public, a
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-1912
- DOI
- 10.1002/chp.100
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