The cost-effectiveness of using financial incentives to improve provider quality: A framework and application

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Meacock, Rachel ^a   Kristensen, Søren Rud ^a,b   Sutton, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Pay for performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LENGTH OF STAY; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; UNITED KINGDOM;

COST-EFFECTIVENESS; PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MOTIVATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 84890565930     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2978     Document Type: Article

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