Realignment of incentives for health-care providers in China

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9720, 2010, Pages 1120-1130

  Yip, Winnie Chi Man ^a   Hsiao, William ^b   Meng, Qingyue ^c   Chen, Wen ^d   Sun, Xiaoming ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Pudong Water Authority   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFIT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 77949798678     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60063-3     Document Type: Review

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