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Survey: Physicians support pay for performance but oppose public reporting

Although three out of four primary care doctors support the use of financial rewards as an incentive for better medical care, most of them oppose public reporting of such quality assessments. Physicians surveyed for this study worry that current quality measures are not sufficientlyaccurate and that pay-for-performance and public-reporting programs could cause doctors to shun sick, poor or non-compliant patients.

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