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Paul Heidenreich, MD

Publication Details

  • Comparison of composite measure methodologies for rewarding quality of care: an analysis from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines program.

    Eapen ZJ, Fonarow GC, Dai D, O'Brien SM, Schwamm LH, Cannon CP, Heidenreich PA, Bhatt DL, Peterson ED, Hernandez AF. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011; 4 (6): 610-8

    Composite indices of health care performance are an aggregation of underlying individual performance measures and are increasingly being used to rank hospitals. We sought to conduct an observational analysis to determine the influence of the opportunity-based and all-or-none composite performance measures on hospital rankings.

    PubMedID: 22010200

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