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Category: Pay for Performance (P4P)
P4P: One review to rule them all
The body of literature remains mixed on P4P programs. Evidence that it is overtly effective remains elusive but would be so…precious…to policy makers. Pay for performance (P4P) continues to expand as a way to incentivize health care quality and efficiency Continue Reading …
P4P Reduced Mortality in UK
Pay-for-performance has demonstrated mixed results in the US. A recent UK study shows promise for success. Programs that provide financial bonuses to hospitals that produce desired health outcomes are known as ‘pay-for-performance’ (P4P). However, evidence to date does not link Continue Reading …
Poor P4P Incentives Don’t Work
In an era of cost containment, payers and policy makers have championed the use of pay-for-performance. Recently, Medicare has initiated a pay-for-performance (P4P) policy of nonpayment for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). One recent New England Journal of Medicine article examined the Continue Reading …
2012 Year in Review (Part 2 of 4)
Alternative Healthcare Delivery Systems The concept of the medical home is an old one, developed in the 1960s for the pediatric population, but lately has grown in popularity. It hopes to provide for patients comprehensive, coordinated care for the whole Continue Reading …
The Global Outcomes Score
Achieving a high quality health care system is the holy grail in medicine these days. A novel way of viewing quality requires analysis of the reduction in risk of severe adverse events expected from health care interventions. We all can Continue Reading …
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