title: Characteristics of hospitals receiving the largest penalties by US pay-for-performance programmes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.|Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Jose F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Figueroa
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Ashish K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jha
mesh_terms: D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010067:Ownership; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D064876:Safety-net Providers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Health policy; Healthcare quality improvement; Pay for performance; Quality improvement