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Pediatric Pay-for-performance in Asthma: Who Pays?

Authors: Rodney Johnson, Chitra Dinakar

Published in: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports | Issue 6/2010

Abstract

Pay-for-performance is a term referring to a system that uses incentives to reward health care providers for producing an improvement in performance based on quality measures. It has become part of a growing movement to improve the quality of the health care system. The purpose of this article is to review and discuss pay-for-performance and how it relates to pediatrics and asthma.

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Title: Pediatric Pay-for-performance in Asthma: Who Pays?
Authors: Rodney Johnson
Chitra Dinakar
Publication date: 01-11-2010
Publisher: Current Science Inc.
Published in: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 1529-7322
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6315
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11882-010-0140-0

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