Performance-based payment incentives increase burden and blame for hospital nurses

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-218

  Kurtzman, Ellen T ^a   O'Leary, Dennis ^b   Sheingold, Brenda H ^a   Devers, Kelly J ^a   Dawson, Ellen M ^a   Johnson, Jean E ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Urban Institute Health Policy Center ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICARE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955610486     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0573     Document Type: Article

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