TY - JOUR AU - Nyman, Mark A. AU - Cabanela, Rosa L. AU - Liesinger, Juliette T. AU - Santrach, Paula J. AU - Naessens, James M. PY - 2015 DA - 2015/03/14 TI - Inclusion of short-term care patients affects the perceived performance of specialists: a retrospective cohort study JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 99 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Current publicly reported quality performance measures directly compare primary care to specialty care. Specialists see short-term patients referred due to poor control of their disease who then return to their local provider. Our study looked to determine if outcomes measured in short-term care patients differed from those in long-term care patients and what impact those differences may have on quality performance profiles for specialists. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0757-8 DO - 10.1186/s12913-015-0757-8 ID - Nyman2015 ER -