Do financial incentives in a globally budgeted healthcare payment system produce changes in the way patients are categorized? A five-year study

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 513-522

  Petersen, Laura A ^a,b   Urech, Tracy H ^a,b   Byrne, Margaret M ^c   Pietz, Kenneth ^a,b  

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

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BUDGET; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; ADULT; AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 34548590314     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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