Financial incentives to improve quality: Skating to the puck or avoiding the penalty box?

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1009-1010

  Brown, Jeremiah R ^a   Sox, Harold C ^a   Goodman, David C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF CARE; SHORT SURVEY;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896763417     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.421     Document Type: Short Survey

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