Pay-for-performance schemes that use patient and provider categories would reduce payment disparities

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 134-142

  Damberg, Cheryl L ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Ewing, Brett A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; RACE; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84920873509     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0386     Document Type: Article

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