Will hypertension performance measures used for pay-for-performance programs penalize those who care for medically complex patients?

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2978-2985

  Petersen, Laura A ^a,b   Woodard, Lechauncy D ^a   Henderson, Louise M ^a   Urech, Tracy H ^a   Pietz, Kenneth ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Hypertension; Physician incentive plans; Process assessment (health care); Quality indicators, health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 67649519786     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.836544     Document Type: Article

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