The unintended consequence of diabetes mellitus pay-for-performance (P4P) program in Taiwan: Are patients with more comorbidities or more severe conditions likely to be excluded from the P4P program?

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1 PART 1, 2011, Pages 47-60

  Chen, Tsung Tai ^a   Chung, Kuo Piao ^a   Lin, I Chin ^a   Lai, Mei Shu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus; Multilevel model; severity and comorbidity; unintended consequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; REWARD; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 78650970873     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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