Financial incentives and physicians' perceptions of conflict of interest and ability to arrange medically necessary services

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-50

  Stoddard, Jeffrey J ^a,c   Reed, Marie ^a   Hadley, Jack ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict of interest; Financial incentives; Profiling

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0037219857     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004479-200301000-00005     Document Type: Review

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