Financial incentives for quality in breast cancer care

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 457-466

  Tisnado, Diana M ^a   Rose Ash, Danielle E ^b   Malin, Jennifer L ^c   Adams, John L ^d   Ganz, Patricia A ^b   Kahn, Katherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE MIX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 47749110690     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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