Pay for performance in health care: An international overview of initiatives

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-276

  Eijkenaar, Frank ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

incentive reimbursement; international perspective; pay for performance; program design

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; CANADA; EUROPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860543394     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558711432891     Document Type: Review

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