Paying the Doctor: Evidence-Based Decisions at the Point-of-Care and the Role of Fee-for-Service Incentives

Eugene C. Rich, Timothy K. Lake, Christal Stone Valenzano and Myles M. Maxfield

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Abstract: This article develops a framework for understanding how financial and nonfinancial incentives can complicate point-of-care decision making by physicians, leading to the over- or under-use of health care services.

Keywords: Comparative Effectiveness Research; Evidence-Based Decision-Making; Incentive; Physician Payment Reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13
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