What effect does physician "profiling" have on inpatient physician satisfaction and hospital length of stay?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zemencuk, Judith K ^a   Hofer, Timothy P ^a   Hayward, Rodney A ^a   Moseley, Richard H ^b   Saint, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a VA Ann Arbor Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; JOB SATISFACTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; COST CONTROL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 33745354189     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-45     Document Type: Article

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