Prescribing incentive schemes: A useful approach?

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-117

  Mason, Anne R ^a   Drummond, Michael F ^a   Hunter, Jane A ^b   Towse, Adrian K ^c   Cooke, Jonathan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Office of Health Economics   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REWARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 24944473868     PISSN: 11755652     EISSN: 11755652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148365-200504020-00005     Document Type: Article

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