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As urogynecologists, we should educate ourselves about pay for performance and be proactive in the development of outcome measures.
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The study was supported by grants T32 HD0406740-04, Women and Infants Hospital/Brown Epidemiology/Clinical Trials, DHHS, and 5-K12-HD050108-02WIH/Brown Women’s Reproductive Health Research Career Development Award, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The authors would like to thank Vicent Mor, PhD, for discussions during the development phase of this study.
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Erekson, E.A., Sung, V.W. & Myers, D.L. Pay for performance: what the urogynecologist should know. Int Urogynecol J 19, 1039–1041 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-008-0627-6
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