The impact of hospital compensation strategies on physician practice behavior under the case payment system: The case of a regional hospital

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-21

  Sheu, Mei Ling ^a   Chang, Wei Jung ^a   Huang, Kuo Cherh ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case payment; Financial incentives; Health resource utilization; Physician behavior; Physician fee

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPENSATION; FEE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL FEE; MYOMECTOMY; PROSTATECTOMY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 16244405231     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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