Fee-for-Time System: A Conceptual Framework for an Incentive-Neutral Method of Physician Payment

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 270, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1226-1229

  Wachtel, Tom J ^a   Stein, Michael D ^a  

^a Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

CAPITATION FEE; COST CONTROL; EFFICIENCY; FEES, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; INSURANCE, PHYSICIAN SERVICES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027327810     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.270.10.1226     Document Type: Article

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