Employers' use of value-based purchasing strategies

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2281-2288

  Rosenthal, Meredith B ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^b,c   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^a,b   Frank, Richard G ^b   Ahmad, Thaniyyah S ^a   Epstein, Arnold M ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36348968328     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.19.2281     Document Type: Article

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