Citation

Martin DR, Moskop JC, Bookman KJ, Basford JB, Geiderman JM. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 2019; ePub(ePub): 158372.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Ruth and Harry Roman Emergency Department, Cedars Sinai Medical Center ED, 8700 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048-1804, United States of America. Electronic address: joel.geiderman@cshs.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ajem.2019.158372

PMID

31378410

Abstract

There is considerable diversity in compensation models in the specialty of Emergency Medicine (EM). We review different compensation models and examine moral consequences possibly associated with the use of various models. The article will consider how different models may promote or undermine health care's quadruple aim of providing quality care, improving population health, reducing health care costs, and improving the work-life balance of health care professionals. It will also assess how different models may promote or undermine the basic bioethical principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, respect for autonomy, and justice.

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Language: en

Keywords

Physician incentives; Principles of bioethics; Quadruple aim; Relative value units