Does winning a pay-for-performance bonus improve subsequent quality performance? Evidence from the hospital quality incentive demonstration

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 568-587

  Ryan, Andrew ^a   Sutton, Matthew ^b   Doran, Tim ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hospitals; incentive; Pay for performance; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; MEDICARE; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HOSPITALS; INCENTIVE; PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897385726     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12097     Document Type: Article

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