Should we pay the patient? Review of financial incentives to enhance patient compliance

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7110, 1997, Pages 703-707

  Giuffrida, Antonio ^a   Torgerson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONEY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RANDOMIZATION; RISK;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REWARD;

EID: 0030779141     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7110.703     Document Type: Article

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