Keeping score. Scorecards, profiles and report cards rapidly expanding to track physician performance.
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چکیده
Not all doctors like them, some even ignore them, but nevertheless the use of physician scorecards is growing and the scores may soon be widely available to the general public.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physician executive
دوره 31 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005