Pay for performance in commercial HMOs

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 1895-1902

  Rosenthal, Meredith B ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^b,c   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^a,b   Frank, Richard G ^b   Epstein, Arnold M ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONTRACTS; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750507268     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa063682     Document Type: Article

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