Are performance measures based on automated medical records valid for physician/practice profiling of asthma care?
The reliability of ranking medical practices depends on practice size. Only at the level of the health care organization can asthma measures, available within claims data, be used to rank performance reliably.
Cure of RVF can be achieved by a range of surgical approaches including abdominal and anal. A variety of different anal techniques are necessary, depending on the integrity of the anal sphincter and the presence or absence of perineal descent/internal intussusception.