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Diabetes Care
Researchers from Harvard University describe findings in diabetes care
December 4th, 2008
In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To examine whether physicians who sought and received Bridges to Excellence (BTE) recognition performed better than similar physicians on a standardized set of population-based performance measures. Cross-sectional comparison of performance data." "Using a claims dataset of all commercially insured members from 6 health plans in Massachusetts, we examined population-based measures of quality and resource use for physicians recognized by the BTE programs Physician Office Link and Diabetes Care Link, compared with nonrecognized physicians in the same specialties. Differences in performance were...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-12-04)
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