Pay for performance: rationale and potential implications for urology.

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Published in J Urol on June 11, 2007

Authors

Chris M Gonzalez1, David Penson, Beth Kosiak, James Dupree, J Quentin Clemens

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA. CGonzalez@nmff.org

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