Capitation payment, length of visit, and preventive services: Evidence from a national sample of outpatient physicians

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 332-340

  Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^a   Hall, Mark A ^a   Mehrabi, Don ^a   Chen, G John ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL FEE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT;

AGED; CAPITATION FEE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SAMPLING STUDIES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036124006     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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