Rewarding healthy behaviors-pay patients for performance

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-263

  Wu, Joanne ^a  

^a Northwest Primary Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Health outcome measures; Healthcare reform; Incentive, reimbursement; Outcome; Pay for performance; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REWARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REWARD;

EID: 84861325419     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1334     Document Type: Article

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