Incentivizing nursing home quality and physician performance

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-93

  Nazir, Arif ^a   Arling, Greg ^b   Katz, Paul R ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84856117781     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.04.013     Document Type: Editorial

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