title: Pay incentives for the long haul.
abstract: While only a small percentage of the nation's acute-care hospitals use long-range compensation programs to reward executives for their performance, more are turning to the idea. Facilities see it as a way to achieve a variety of objectives--some financial, some not--while improving their ability to retain key executives.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Greene
mesh_terms: D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D003625:Data Collection; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States