Fairness and wellness incentives: What is the relevance of the process-outcome distinction?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Schmidt, Harald ^a   Asch, David A ^a,b   Halpern, Scott D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Fairness; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Prevention; Wellness incentives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867232493     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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