Discussions about quality in Germany - A mixture of anxiety, particular interests and different perspectives;Qualitätsdiskussion in Deutschland - Ein gemisch aus ängsten, partikularinteressen und unterschiedlichen perspektiven

Zeitschrift fur Allgemeinmedizin

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 340-344

  Scherer, Martin ^a   Niebling, Wilhelm ^b   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pay for performance; Primary care; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM;

EID: 77149121830     PISSN: 09376801     EISSN: 14399229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/zfa.2009.034O     Document Type: Note

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