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Douglas A. Conrad
Researcher at University of Washington
Publications - 122
Citations - 4391
Douglas A. Conrad is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Incentive. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 120 publications receiving 4168 citations. Previous affiliations of Douglas A. Conrad include Veterans Health Administration & University of Pennsylvania.
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Cost, Controversy, Crisis: Low Back Pain and the Health of the Public
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Evaluating Partnerships for Community Health Improvement: Tracking the Footprints
Stephen M. Shortell,Ann P. Zukoski,Jeffrey A. Alexander,Gloria J. Bazzoli,Douglas A. Conrad,Romana Hasnain-Wynia,Shoshanna Sofaer,Benjamin Y. Chan,Elizabeth Casey,Frances S. Margolin +9 more
TL;DR: This study conducted a midstream process evaluation of community partnerships associated with the Community Care Network (CCN) Demonstration Program to examine how the roles of a common shared vision, strong governance, and effective management influence a partnership's ability to achieve its objectives.
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Integrated health systems: promise and performance.
TL;DR: It is argued that the control of the health services “value chain” will devolve naturally to those market players who have the comparative advantage in coordinating the flows of information, human, and physical resources along the continuum of services required to improve and maintain the health of populations.
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Public-Private Collaboration in Health and Human Service Delivery: Evidence from Community Partnerships
Gloria J. Bazzoli,Rebecca Stein,Jeffrey A. Alexander,Douglas A. Conrad,Shoshanna Sofaer,Stephen M. Shortell +5 more
TL;DR: Although partnership participants showed less alacrity in joining forces to reduce redundancy and increase efficiency, patterns suggest that organizations might best profit from working together on activities that maintain existing power relations and that have the potential to add prestige and attract new clients.
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Quality-Based Financial Incentives in Health Care: Can We Improve Quality by Paying for It?
Douglas A. Conrad,Lisa Perry +1 more
TL;DR: This article asks whether financial incentives can improve the quality of health care and motivates a set of propositions about incentive effects on clinical quality through a synthesis of extant peer-reviewed empirical evidence.