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Design, rationale, and baseline characteristics of a cluster randomized controlled trial of pay for performance for hypertension treatment: study protocolLaura A Petersen
Health Policy and Quality Program, Michael E, DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, and Section for Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Implement Sci 6:114. 2011..Despite compelling evidence of the benefits of treatment and well-accepted guidelines for treatment, hypertension is controlled in less than one-half of United States citizens...
Estimating determinants of dentist productivity: new evidenceDouglas A Conrad
Center for Health Management Research, University of Washington, Box 357660, Room H660C, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Health Sciences Center, Seattle, WA 98195 7660, USA
J Public Health Dent 70:262-8. 2010..Productivity (output per unit of input) is a major driver of dental service capacity. This study uses 2006-2007 data to update available knowledge on dentist productivity...
Lessons to apply to national comprehensive healthcare reformDouglas A Conrad
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St, Box 357660, Room H660C Magnuson Health Sciences Ctr, Seattle, WA 98195 7660, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:S306-21. 2009..If widely implemented, value-based reforms might achieve long-term improvements in public health. Congress will soon decide whether changing the entire system would be the most value-based reform of all...- Determinants of general dentists' decisions to accept capitation payment: a conceptual model and empirical estimatesDouglas Conrad
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7660, USA
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 37:189-98. 2009.... - Quality-based financial incentives in health care: can we improve quality by paying for it?Douglas A Conrad
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 30:357-71. 2009..g., prevention) most amenable to piece-rate delivery... - Access intervention in an integrated, prepaid group practice: effects on primary care physician productivityDouglas Conrad
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Box 357660, Suite H660C, Seattle, WA 98195 7660, USA
Health Serv Res 43:1888-905. 2008..To estimate the joint effect of a multifaceted access intervention on primary care physician (PCP) productivity in a large, integrated prepaid group practice... - Memories of Walter J. McNerney: his contributions to health administration and to health administration educationDouglas A Conrad
Center for Health Management Research, University of Washington, Box 357660, Room H-660, Magnuson Health Sciences Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195-7660, USA
J Health Adm Educ 23:331-4. 2006 - Paying physicians for quality: evidence and themes from the fieldDouglas A Conrad
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 32:443-51. 2006.... - Paying physicians for quality: evidence and themes from the fieldDouglas A Conrad
Department of Health Services, Magnuson Health Sciences Center, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 32:443-51. 2006..Key-informant interviews with leaders of provider organizations should shed new light on evolving quality incentives within organizations... - Primary care physician compensation method in medical groups: does it influence the use and cost of health services for enrollees in managed care organizations?D A Conrad
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 7660, USA
JAMA 279:853-8. 1998..Growth of at-risk managed care contracts between health plans and medical groups has been well documented, but less is known about the nature of financial incentives within those medical groups or their effects on health care utilization... - Effect of compensation method on the behavior of primary care physicians in managed care organizations: evidence from interviews with physicians and medical leaders in Washington StateB K Zierler
University of Washington, Seattle 98195 6410, USA
Am J Manag Care 4:209-20. 1998..The responses revealed in interviews with physicians and administrative leaders underscored the critical role compensation arrangements play in driving physician satisfaction and behavior... - Physician practice management organizations: their prospects and performanceD A Conrad
University of Washington, USA
Med Care Res Rev 56:307-39. 1999.... - Providing dental care to pregnant patients: a survey of Oregon general dentistsColleen E Huebner
Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7230, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 140:211-22. 2009..A growing number of studies and reports indicate preventive, routine and emergency dental procedures can be provided safely to pregnant patients to alleviate dental problems and promote oral health of mothers and children... - Penetrating the "black box": financial incentives for enhancing the quality of physician servicesDouglas A Conrad
University of Washington, USA
Med Care Res Rev 61:37S-68S. 2004..The model is extended qualitatively to offer further hypotheses and research directions. Finally, gaps and limitations of the model and of the extant empirical research are articulated, and additional researchable questions are posed... - Does payment drive procedures? Payment for specialty services and procedure rate variations in 3 HMOsBarry G Saver
Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash 98195 4696, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:229-37. 2004..To study how payment for specialty services affects the rates of performance of invasive procedures by physicians in a number of specialties... - Evaluation of the group health cooperative access initiative: study design challenges in estimating the impact of a large-scale organizational transformationDavid Grembowski
Group Health Cooperative, Center for Health Studies, Washington, Seattle, USA
Qual Manag Health Care 17:292-303. 2008..The methods may be generalizable to evaluating similar reforms in other integrated delivery systems with representative patient and physician data sources... - Group health cooperative's transformation toward patient-centered accessJames D Ralston
Center for Health Studies, Seattle, Washington, USA
Med Care Res Rev 66:703-24. 2009.... - Are local health department expenditures related to racial disparities in mortality?David Grembowski
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 7660, USA
Soc Sci Med 71:2057-65. 2010.... - The impact of financial incentives on physician productivity in medical groupsDouglas A Conrad
University of Washington, Department of Health Services, Seattle 98195-7660, USA
Health Serv Res 37:885-906. 2002..The group-level financial incentive does not appear to be significantly related to physician productivity. CONCLUSIONS: Individual physician incentives based on own production do increase physician productivity... - Medicaid reforms in Oregon and suboptimal utilization of dental care by women of childbearing agePeter Milgrom
Northwest Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities, Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Box 357475, 1959 Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195 7475, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 141:688-95. 2010..They also compared differences in claims between those for women enrolled in managed care and those for women enrolled in fee-for-service plans... - Dentists' perceptions of barriers to providing dental care to pregnant womenRosanna Shuk Yin Lee
Department of Dental Public Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 7475, USA
Womens Health Issues 20:359-65. 2010.... - Practical issues in the design and implementation of pay-for-quality programsGary J Young
Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts, USA
J Healthc Manag 52:10-8; discussion 18-9. 2007.... - Evaluating partnerships for community health improvement: tracking the footprintsStephen M Shortell
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
J Health Polit Policy Law 27:49-91. 2002..We explore the implications of this research for future evaluations of public-private community health partnerships... - Evaluating community partnerships: a reply to Spitz and RitterStephen M Shortell
J Health Polit Policy Law 27:1023-8; author reply 1029-30. 2002