Does pay-for-performance steal from the poor and give to the rich?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 340-341

  Werner, Rachel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; HOSPITAL; NOTE; POVERTY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; POVERTY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956712496     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-5-201009070-00010     Document Type: Editorial

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