Improving timely childhood immunizations through pay for performance in medicaid-managed care

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1934-1947

  Chien, Alyna T ^a   Li, Zhonghe ^b   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood immunizations; health care quality; Medicaid; Pay for performance; payment strategy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REIMBURSEMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; NEW YORK; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449275001     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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