Physician motivation: Listening to what pay-for-performance programs and quality improvement collaboratives are telling us

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 522-528

  Herzer, Kurt R ^a,b   Pronovost, Peter J ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953344062     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(15)41069-4     Document Type: Article

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