Design, rationale, and baseline characteristics of a cluster randomized controlled trial of pay for performance for hypertension treatment: Study protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Petersen, Laura A ^a   Urech, Tracy ^a   Simpson, Kate ^a   Pietz, Kenneth ^a   Hysong, Sylvia J ^a   Profit, Jochen ^a   Conrad, Douglas ^b   Dudley, R Adams ^c   Lutschg, Meghan Z ^a   Petzel, Robert ^d   Woodard, LeChauncy D ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SAMPLE SIZE;

FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 80053435358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-114     Document Type: Article

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