Participating physician preferences regarding a pay-for-performance incentive design: A discrete choice experiment

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 40-46

  Chen, Tsung Tai ^a   Lai, Mei Shu ^b   Chung, Kuo Piao ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Discrete choice experiment; incentive design; pay for performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISCRETE CHOICE EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84960084958     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzv098     Document Type: Article

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