Impact of Provider Incentives on Quality and Value of Health Care

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue , 2017, Pages 449-465

  Doran, Tim ^a   Maurer, Kristin A ^b   Ryan, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Pay for performance; Quality; Value; Value based purchasing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CASE STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICARE; MOTIVATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85017190635     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032315-021457     Document Type: Article

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