Incentives for health-care performance improvement

Performance Measurement for Health System Improvement: Experiences, Challenges and Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 582-612

  Conrad, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84927116710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711800.021     Document Type: Chapter

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