Hospital size, uncertainty, and pay-for-performance

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-57

  Davidson, Gestur ^a   Moscovice, Ira ^a   Remus, Denise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BayCare Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; POLICY; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 37148998790     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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