Strategies for improving surgical quality--should payers reward excellence or effort?

The New England journal of medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 864-870

  Birkmeyer, Nancy J O ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33644864439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb053364     Document Type: Article

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