Quality-based financial incentives in health care: Can we improve quality by paying for it?

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue , 2009, Pages 357-371

  Conrad, Douglas A ^a   Perry, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical integration; Pay for performance; Provider payment; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649444846     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.031308.100243     Document Type: Review

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