Impact of pay for performance on inequalities in health care: Systematic review

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-184

  Alshamsan, Riyadh ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a   Ashworth, Mark ^b   Car, Josip ^a   Millett, Christopher ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNICITY; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77954255968     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jhsrp.2010.009113     Document Type: Review

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