Beyond Measurement and Reward: Methods of Motivating Quality Improvement and Accountability

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 2155-2186

  Berenson, Robert A ^a   Rice, Thomas ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

financial incentives; nonfinancial incentives; pay for performance; Physician payment; quality improvement; value based purchasing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL INCENTIVE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC REPORTING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; REIMBURSEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84958894453     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12413     Document Type: Article

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