Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-09T10:05:21 RDF description of Physician pay-for-performance. Implementation and research issues - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn18753 <p>Recent research underscores the gaps that exist between evidence-based medical practices and the care that many patients actually receive. Recognizing this, large purchasers are experimenting with new reimbursement arrangements called pay-for-performance (P4P) that tie a portion of payments for physician services to measures of quality. Agency theory, from the discipline of economics, provides a perspective on the challenges P4P is likely to encounter. The focus of most P4P initiatives on medical group performance raises additional questions about its potential effectiveness as a catalyst for change.<p> Quality Assurance, Health Care/*economics Evidence-Based Medicine/standards 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00356.x Journal of General Internal Medicine public Physician Incentive Plans/*economics *Reimbursement, Incentive Health Services Research 11389 Group Practice/economics/standards Employee Performance Appraisal 21 Suppl 2 17358 document-rn18753 Practice Patterns, Physicians'/economics/standards Physician pay-for-performance. Implementation and research issues