Potential unintended financial consequences of pay-for-performance on the quality of care for minority patients

American Heart Journal

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 571-576

  Karve, Amrita M ^a   Ou, Fang Shu ^a   Lytle, Barbara L ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a,b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUP; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BENCHMARKING; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MINORITY GROUPS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39549089299     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.10.043     Document Type: Article

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