Is the road to mental health paved with good incentives? Estimating the population impact of physician incentives on mental health care using linked administrative data

Medical Care

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 182-190

  Puyat, Joseph H ^a   Kazanjian, Arminee ^a   Wong, Hubert ^a   Goldner, Elliot M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression care; Health services; Incentive plans

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84987881001     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000639     Document Type: Article

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