The right incentives for high-quality, affordable care: A new form of regulated competition

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-263

  Berg, Marc ^a   de Brantes, Francois ^b   Schellekens, Wim ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Bridges To Excellence   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STROKE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33748114770     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzl010     Document Type: Editorial

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