title: Financial incentives and mortality: taking pay for performance a step too far.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Wachter
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kachalia
mesh_terms: D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D061214:Patient Safety; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020379:Risk Adjustment
keywords: Mortality (standardized mortality ratios); Patient safety; Pay for performance; Quality improvement