The Effect of Pay for Performance in the Emergency Department on Patient Waiting Times and Quality of Care in Ontario, Canada: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 496-505.e7

  Vermeulen, Marian J ^a   Stukel, Therese A ^a   Boozary, Andrew S ^b   Guttmann, Astrid ^a   Schull, Michael J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ONTARIO; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; ONTARIO; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84937713899     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.06.028     Document Type: Article

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