The Milestone Payment System: Results based funding in vocational rehabilitation - 2005

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-114

  O'Brien, Dan ^a   Revell, Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer directed funding; Funding employment outcomes; Milestone payments; Results based funding; Supported employment; Vocational Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SALARY; SOCIAL WELFARE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 27744488249     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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