Free-for benefit: A stragety to improve the quality of health care and control costs through reimbursement incentives

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 343-352

  Diamond, George A ^a   Denton, Timothy A ^a   Matloff, Jack M ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEES, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 0027272473     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90036-Z     Document Type: Article

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