Reducing potentially avoidable complications in patients with chronic diseases: The prometheus payment approach

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1854-1871

  De Brantes, Francois ^a   Rastogi, Amita ^b   Painter, Michael ^c  

^a Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute   (United States)

^b Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute Inc   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

efficiency of care; Payment reform; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449292956     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01136.x     Document Type: Article

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