US approaches to physician payment: The deconstruction of primary care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 613-618

  Berenson, Robert A ^a   Rich, Eugene C ^b,c  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care delivery; Primary care; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

CAPITATION FEE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALARY; UNITED STATES;

CAPITATION FEE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955072993     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1295-z     Document Type: Review

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