Pay-for-performance step-by-step: Introduction to the MIMIQ model

Health Policy

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-17

  Van Herck, Pieter ^a   Annemans, Lieven ^b   De Smedt, Delphine ^b   Remmen, Roy ^c   Sermeus, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Financing, organized; Health policy; Quality of health care; Reimbursement, incentive

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MODEL FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MONITORING INCENTIVES FOR QUALITY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REFERENCE DATABASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMMUNICATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 79960899008     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.09.014     Document Type: Review

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