http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/03/17/designing-p4p-programs-to-reduce-disparities/ The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:23:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/03/17/designing-p4p-programs-to-reduce-disparities/comment-page-1/#comment-17436 jeffbrenner Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:55:39 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/03/17/designing-p4p-programs-to-reduce-disparities/#comment-17436 As a solo practice family physician in Camden, NJ, one of the poorest cities in the country, I have strong opinions about this topic. I want to be held to the same standard as my suburban colleagues. It would be discriminatory to my patients to hold my practice to a lower standard. Obviously it would be a lot more work to achieve comparable outcomes in my practice. I should be rewarded financially at a higher level for achieving positive results in a zip code of more challenging patients. Primary care physicians, teachers, and police officers who work in difficult communities should be paid more, especially if they manage to achieve comparable or better outcomes. As a solo practice family physician in Camden, NJ, one of the poorest cities in the country, I have strong opinions about this topic. I want to be held to the same standard as my suburban colleagues. It would be discriminatory to my patients to hold my practice to a lower standard. Obviously it would be a lot more work to achieve comparable outcomes in my practice. I should be rewarded financially at a higher level for achieving positive results in a zip code of more challenging patients. Primary care physicians, teachers, and police officers who work in difficult communities should be paid more, especially if they manage to achieve comparable or better outcomes.

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/03/17/designing-p4p-programs-to-reduce-disparities/comment-page-1/#comment-17015 Farmanux News Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:00:54 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/03/17/designing-p4p-programs-to-reduce-disparities/#comment-17015 [...] Editor s Note: This is the last in a series of posts on health and health care disparities that Health Affairs Blog is publishing in conjunction with the new March/April issue of Health Affairs on Disparities: Expanding The Focus, published with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Brian Smedley, Richard Epstein, Dora Hughes, and […] Read more [...] [...] Editor s Note: This is the last in a series of posts on health and health care disparities that Health Affairs Blog is publishing in conjunction with the new March/April issue of Health Affairs on Disparities: Expanding The Focus, published with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Brian Smedley, Richard Epstein, Dora Hughes, and […] Read more [...]

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