Link between pay for performance incentives and physician payment mechanisms: Evidence from the diabetes management incentive in Ontario

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1417-1439

  Kantarevic, Jasmin ^a,b,c   Kralj, Boris ^a  

^a Ontario Medical Association   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

diabetes management; pay for performance; physician remuneration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAPITATION FEE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN PAY FOR PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIABETES MANAGEMENT; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN REMUNERATION;

COST SHARING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ONTARIO; PHYSICIANS; PROPENSITY SCORE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 84887256868     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2890     Document Type: Article

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