The response of physician groups to P4P incentives

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 249-255

  Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,b   Pearson, Steven D ^c   Coltin, Kathryn L ^d   Kleinman, Ken P ^c   Singer, Janice A ^e   Rabson, Barbra ^e   Schneider, Eric C ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Health Quality Partners   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

FEES AND CHARGES; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 34249040507     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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