Rise of pay for performance: Implications for care of people with chronic kidney disease

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1087-1095

  Desai, Amar A ^a,b,d   Garber, Alan M ^a,b   Chertow, Glenn M ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548824858     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.00510107     Document Type: Article

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