Can you get what you pay for? Pay-for-performance and the quality of healthcare providers

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-91

  Mullen, Kathleen J ^a   Frank, Richard G ^b   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74949127912     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2009.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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