Pay for performance through the lens of medical professionalism

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 366-369

  Qaseem, Amir ^a   Snow, Vincenza ^a   Gosfield, Alice ^b   Gregg, David ^b   Michl, Keith ^c   Wennberg, David ^b   Weiss, Kevin B ^b   Schneider, Eric C ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950892444     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-6-201003160-00006     Document Type: Review

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