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Integrated Medical Groups and Higher-Quality Medical Care
- Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH;
- Arnold M. Epstein, MD, MA; and
- Meredith B. Rosenthal, PhD
- From the University of Pittsburgh and RAND Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115.
IN RESPONSE:
We agree with Dr. Kumar that using claims data to measure quality has limitations (1), although claims data might be more accurate than medical charts for some quality measures we studied, such as diabetic eye screening or mammography, which are conducted outside the primary care office and are tied to reimbursement (2) …
