How Financial and Reputational Incentives Can Be Used to Improve Medical Care

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 2090-2115

  Roland, Martin ^a   Dudley, R Adams ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentives in health care; quality improvement; quality of care; report cards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REPORTED EXPERIENCE MEASURE; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MEASURE; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; PAYMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC REPORTING; SALARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; REIMBURSEMENT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS;

EID: 84958856180     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12419     Document Type: Article

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