Accountability metrics and paying for performance in education and health care

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Witte, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION; FACULTY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952111645     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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