Collateral damage: Pay-for-performance initiatives and safety-net hospitals

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 473-474

  Woolhandler, Steffie ^a   Himmelstein, David U ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; COGNITION; EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REIMBURSEMENT; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; PURCHASING;

HUMANS; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING;

EID: 84941626772     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-1393     Document Type: Editorial

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