title: Outcomes assessment: meeting the challenge of accountability in pediatric rheumatology.
abstract: As providers of health services, pediatric rheumatologists must learn to manage financial risk, deliver quality services, and provide value to a number of healthcare stakeholders. What these deliverables mean in a competitive healthcare environment are explained. Ways to achieve these goals, provide excellent care to children with rheumatic conditions, and differentiate pediatric rheumatologists in the marketplace are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Child Health Outcomes, Children's Hospital, San Diego, California 92123, USA.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Kurtin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010372:Pediatrics; D012219:Rheumatology