title: Containing costs while improving quality of care: the role of profiling and practice guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Physician Payment Review Commission, Washington, DC 20037.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Lasker
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Bindman
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States