Integrated Medical Groups and Higher-Quality Medical Care

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Letters17 July 2007Integrated Medical Groups and Higher-Quality Medical CareP. Dileep Kumar, MDP. Dileep Kumar, MDFrom Port Huron Hospital, Port Huron, MI 48060.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-147-2-200707170-00020 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Mehrotra and colleagues' article (1) on the quality of care provided by integrated medical groups and individual practice associations is flawed because the authors base their conclusions on claims data. It is well known that assuming quality standards from the data that physicians submit for billing purposes is less than perfect. Moreover, the paper implies that solo practitioners and small practices fare poorly in quality measures because they are systematically different. This is not an encouraging comment about the hundreds of practicing primary care physicians, a large majority of them internists.The paper also dwells extensively on ...Reference1. Mehrotra A, Epstein AM, Rosenthal MB. Do integrated medical groups provide higher-quality medical care than individual practice associations? Ann Intern Med. 2006;145:826-33. [PMID: 17146067] LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: P. Dileep Kumar, MDAffiliations: From Port Huron Hospital, Port Huron, MI 48060.Disclosures: None disclosed. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoDo Integrated Medical Groups Provide Higher-Quality Medical Care than Individual Practice Associations? Ateev Mehrotra , Arnold M. Epstein , and Meredith B. Rosenthal Integrated Medical Groups and Higher-Quality Medical Care Ateev Mehrotra , Arnold M. Epstein , and Meredith B. Rosenthal Metrics Cited byHIV rapid testing in the framework of an STI prevention project on a cohort of vulnerable Italians and immigrants 17 July 2007Volume 147, Issue 2Page: 147KeywordsComputing systemsConflicts of interestElectronic medical recordsHealth care qualityPrimary care physiciansSystemic diseases ePublished: 17 July 2007 Issue Published: 17 July 2007 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2007 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...