Pay for performance and medical professionalism

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-18

  Hendrickson, Marissa A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician incentive plans; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349128791     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.QMH.0000308633.81979.7b     Document Type: Article

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