Valuing improvement in value-based purchasing

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-170

  Borden, William B ^a   Blustein, Jan ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Health policy; Heart failure; Medicare; Pay for performance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL COST; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALUE BASED PURCHASING;

HEALTH POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860858415     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.962811     Document Type: Article

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