Analysis & commentary - Physician payment reform: Principles that should shape it

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 948-952

  Lesser, Cara S ^a   Fineberg, Harvey V ^b   Cassel, Christine K ^c  

^a ABIM Foundation   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL FEE; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958097659     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0219     Document Type: Note

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