Pay-for-Performance: Disappointing Results or Masked Heterogeneity?

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-78

  Markovitz, Adam A ^a   Ryan, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

financial incentives; organizational variation; pay for performance; quality

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CATCHMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; TEACHING; THEORETICAL MODEL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 85007044429     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558715619282     Document Type: Review

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