When financial incentives do more good than harm: A checklist

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7870, 2012, Pages

  Glasziou, Paul P ^a   Buchan, Heather ^b   Del Mar, Chris ^a   Doust, Jenny ^a   Harris, Mark ^c   Knight, Rosemary ^c   Scott, Anthony ^d   Scott, Ian A ^e   Stockwell, Alexis ^f  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHECKLIST; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES;

EID: 84865245022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e5047     Document Type: Short Survey

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