Performance measures and pay for performance

Chest

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 188-191

  Baumann, Michael H ^a   Dellert, Ed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b American College of Chest Physicians   (United States)

Author keywords

Pay for performance; Performance measures

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW;

EID: 33144477961     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.1.188     Document Type: Article

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