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Paying for performance.

Patricia Seliger Keenan·Janet Kline
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This Issue Brief was prepared for The Commonwealth Fund/John F. Kennedy School of Government Bipartisan Congressional Health Policy Conference, January 15-17, 2004.

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Patricia Seliger Keenan, Janet Kline. 2004. Paying for performance.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15597513/

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