Pay for performance in medicare: Evidentiary irony and the politics of value

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 717-746

  Tanenbaum, Sandra J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; POLITICS; REVIEW;

HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PHYSICIANS; POLITICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349446624     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-2009-023     Document Type: Review

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