title: The ethical aspects of gain sharing with physicians.
abstract: Gain sharing arrangements involving physicians can be a model combination of ethical business practices and maximizing profits. Or, gain sharing can be as unethical as fee-splitting was at the turn of the century, and as corrupt as any conflict of interest. The devil is--or is not--in the details.
authors.affiliation: Drury University, Springfield, Mo., USA. tmaret@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D032781:Codes of Ethics; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000941:ethics*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States