Hospital pay for performance in England [5]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 968-969

  Bray, Benjamin D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDICAL FEE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UREMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; REIMBURSEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE PROGRAM;

HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84874707572     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1215213     Document Type: Letter

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