Surgeon compensation: "Pay for performance," the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, the Surgical Care Improvement Program, and other considerations

Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 829-836

  Jones, R Scott ^a,b,e   Brown, Cynthia ^c   Opelka, Frank ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c American College of Surgeons   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744534879     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2005.08.015     Document Type: Editorial

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