Payment systems in the healthcare industry: An experimental study of physician incentives

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 367-378

  Green, Ellen P ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitation; Fee for service; Laboratory experiment; Pay for performance; Physician payment system; Salary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907155069     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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