Pay-for-performance: Considerations in application to the management of spinal disorders

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Berven, Sigurd ^a   Smith, Amanda ^a   Bozic, Kevin ^a   Bradford, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcomes; Health care variability; Management of spinal disorders; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 34248338676     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318053d537     Document Type: Review

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