The impact of removing financial incentives from clinical quality indicators: Longitudinal analysis of four Kaiser Permanente indicators

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7755, 2010, Pages 1072-

  Lester, Helen ^a   Schmittdiel, Julie ^b   Selby, Joe ^b   Fireman, Bruce ^b   Campbell, Stephen ^c   Lee, Janelle ^b   Whippy, Alan ^d   Madvig, Philip ^d  

^a University of Manchester   (United Kingdom)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953954327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1898     Document Type: Article

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