Implementing pay-for-performance in the neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 975-982

  Profit, Jochen ^a,c,g   Zupancic, John A F ^d   Gould, Jeffrey B ^e,f   Petersen, Laura A ^b,c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Pay for performance programs; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEUKOMALACIA; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 34248138937     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1565     Document Type: Article

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