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Gatekeeping versus direct-access when patient information matters
Health Economics, 06/22/09

Gonzalez P et al. - The authors find that, when GPs incentives matter, a non-gatekeeping system is preferable only when (i) patient pressure to refer is sufficiently high and (ii) the quality of the patient's self-health information is neither highly inaccurate (in which case the patient's self-referral will be very inefficient) nor highly accurate (in which case the GP's agency problem will be very costly).

Monetary incentives for schizophrenia
Cochrane Reviews, 10/28/09 Relevance Score: 87%

Financial incentives to improve adherence to anti-psychotic maintenance medication in non-adherent patients - a cluster randomised controlled trial (FIAT)
BMC Psychiatry, 10/02/09 Relevance Score: 87%

Sonographer practitioner development in Australia: Qualitative analysis of an Australian sonographers' survey
Radiography, 10/01/09 Relevance Score: 84%

The Effect of Performance-Based Financial Incentives on Improving Patient Care Experiences: A Statewide Evaluation
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 10/19/09 Relevance Score: 83%

The Role of Monetary and Nonmonetary Incentives on the Choice of Practice Establishment: A Stated Preference Study of Young Physicians in Germany
Health Services Research, 10/06/09 Relevance Score: 83%