Systematic review: Effects, design choices, and context of pay-for-performance in health care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Van Herck, Pieter ^a   De Smedt, Delphine ^b   Annemans, Lieven ^b   Remmen, Roy ^c   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^d   Sermeus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 77955778942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-247     Document Type: Review

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