Paying health care providers to meet quality goals is an idea with widespread appeal, given
the common perception that quality of care in the United States remains unacceptably low …

Secondary analyses of large datasets provide a mechanism for researchers to address high
impact questions that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive and time-consuming to …

Background The Health Disparities Collaboratives of the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) were designed to improve care in community health centers, where …

Existing research suggests that models of enhanced primary care lead to health care systems
with better performance. What the research does not show is whether such an approach is …

Background Randomized trials have shown reductions in perioperative mortality and morbidity
with endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm, as compared with open surgical …

Importance Despite the importance of identifying and reducing wasteful health care use, few
direct measures of overuse have been developed. Direct measures are appealing because …

Background. The extent to which patient experiences with hospital care are related to other
measures of hospital quality and safety is unknown. Methods. We examined the relationship …

Background Randomized trials and observational studies have shown that perioperative
morbidity and mortality are lower with endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm than …

Context A number of forces have changed the practice of medicine in the past decade. Evidence
suggests that physicians are becoming less satisfied in this environment. Objectives To …

Background In the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), accountable care organizations
(ACOs) have financial incentives to lower spending and improve quality. We used quasi-…