Pay-for-virtue: An option to improve pay-for-performance?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 894-898

  Buetow, Stephen ^a   Entwistle, Vikki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health care; incentive; motivation; physician incentive plans; quality assurance; reimbursement; virtues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; PAY FOR VIRTUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONALISM; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SELF REPORT; STANDARDIZATION;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; VIRTUES;

EID: 80053201255     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01722.x     Document Type: Article

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