Setting pay for performance targets: Do poor performers give up?

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-179

  Dowd, Bryan ^a   Feldman, Roger ^a   Nersesian, William ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Metropolitan Pediatric Specialists   (United States)

^c Fairview Physician Associates (FPA)   (United States)

Author keywords

generic drugs; panel data; pay for performance

Indexed keywords

GENERIC DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; DRUGS, GENERIC; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84872148570     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2773     Document Type: Article

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