Exploring payment schemes used to promote integrated chronic care in Europe

Health Policy

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 296-304

  Tsiachristas, Apostolos ^a   Dikkers, Carolien ^a   Boland, Melinde R S ^a   Rutten van Mölken, Maureen P M H ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Financial incentives; Integrated care; Payment schemes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTHCARE PAYMENT SCHEME; HUMAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84888045569     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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