References

• Werner RM, Bradlow ET, Asch DA. Does Hospital Performance on Process Measures Directly Measure High Quality Care or Is It a Marker of Unmeasured Care? Health Services Research. 2008 December; 43 (5p1): 1464 - 1484
  
  
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CHEST Articles

• Performance Measures and Pay for Performance Chest January 2006 129:188-191
  
  

Other Resources

• What are the underlying causes of poor quality and high costs?
  
  
• PCCU: ICU Management for the 21st Century: How to Improve the Quality of ICU Care While Reducing Costs
  
  

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