Alternative pay-for-performance scoring methods: Implications for quality improvement and patient outcomes

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• Health Care Process Assessment 41%
• Inpatients 22%
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.) 14%
• Myocardial Infarction 12%
• Survival 9%
• Mortality 8%
• Principal Component Analysis 6%
• Research Subjects 5%
• Hospital Mortality 5%
• Counseling 4%
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• Weights and Measures 3%
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