Using behavioral economics to design physician incentives that deliver high-value care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 114-119

  Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Ubel, Peter A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Kessler, Judd B ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,h}   Meyer, Gregg ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,i}   Muller, Ralph W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,j}   Navathe, Amol S ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Patel, Pankaj ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,k}   Pearl, Robert ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Sacks, Lee ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,l}   Sen, Aditi P ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Sherman, Paul ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,m}   Volpp, Kevin G ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Advocate Physician Partners   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Group Health   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k Advocate Physician Partners   (United States)

^l Advocate Physician Partners   (United States)

^m Group Health Research   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CHOICE OVERLOAD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENDOWMENT EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMEDIACY; INERTIA; MEDICAL FEE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; REWARD; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL RANKING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955320985     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M15-1330     Document Type: Article

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