Pay for performance schemes in primary care: What have we learnt?

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-116

  Peckham, S ^a   Wallace, Andrew ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pay for performance; Primary care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD;

HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 77953193097     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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