Pay for Performance and the Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative in Neurologic Practice

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 505-516

  Stevens, James C ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

Health reform; Pay for performance; Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 77349119400     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2009.11.013     Document Type: Review

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