Pay for Performance: Rationale and Potential Implications for Urology

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 402-408

  Gonzalez, Chris M ^a   Penson, David ^b   Kosiak, Beth ^c   Dupree, James ^a   Clemens, J Quentin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c American Urological Association   (United States)

Author keywords

access; and evaluation; healthcare quality; incentive; outcome and process assessment (health care); reimbursement; urology

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; UROLOGY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY;

EID: 34447105485     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.03.095     Document Type: Review

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