Paying physician group practices for quality: A statewide quasi-experiment

Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 108-116

  Conrad, Douglas A ^a   Grembowski, David ^a   Perry, Lisa ^a   Maynard, Charles ^a   Rodriguez, Hector ^b   Martin, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentive effects; Pay for performance programs

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERNIST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84890154261     PISSN: 22130764     EISSN: 22130772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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