An incentive approach to physician implementation of medical practice guidelines

Health Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 467-477

  Sonnad, Seema S ^a,c   Foreman, Stephen Earl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Incentives; Physicians

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COST CONTROL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF PRIVILEGES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030712847     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199709)6:5<467::AID-HEC289>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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