Medical errors: Getting the incentives right

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-326

  Grepperud, Sverre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Immunity; Reporting incentives; Voluntary reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTIVATION; NORWAY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 31144447043     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-005-3984-4     Document Type: Article

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