Reduced mortality with hospital pay for performance in England

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 1821-1828

  Sutton, Matt ^a   Nikolova, Silviya ^a   Boaden, Ruth ^b   Lester, Helen ^c   McDonald, Ruth ^d   Roland, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84868545854     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1114951     Document Type: Article

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