Paying for outcomes, not performance: Lessons from the medicare inpatient prospective payment system

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 184-192

  Averill, Richard F ^a   Hughes, John S ^b   Goldfield, Norbert I ^a  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952716481     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(11)37023-7     Document Type: Article

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