The early effects of Medicare's mandatory hospital pay-for-performance program

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-97

  Ryan, Andrew M ^a   Burgess, James F ^a   Pesko, Michael F ^b   Borden, William B ^b   Dimick, Justin B ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

econometrics; health services research; hospitals; Pay for performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MARYLAND; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PURCHASING; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MARYLAND; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING;

EID: 84921872189     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12206     Document Type: Article

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