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Health Care Quality and Outcomes

Comparison of Approaches for Aggregating Quality Measures in Populationbased Payment Models
from HSR Volume 53 | Issue 6 | December 2018

Alex McDowell M.P.H., M.S.N., R.N. Christina A. Nguyen A.B. Michael E. Chernew Ph.D. Kevin N. Tran M.P.H. J. Michael McWilliams M.D., Ph.D. Bruce E. Landon M.D., M.B.A. Mary Beth Landrum Ph.D.

Objective: To assess the impact of alternative methods of aggregating individual quality measures on Accountable Care Organization (ACO) overall scores.

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