Publication: Quality-based payment in health care: Theory and practice
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2013-10-18
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Richardson, Samuel Starr. 2013. Quality-based payment in health care: Theory and practice. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.
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Quality-based payment in healthcare—also known as pay-for-performance—is a popular policy intervention aimed at improving healthcare quality. However, there has been little theoretical work characterizing the underlying quality problem or the interaction between pay-for-performance and existing payment mechanisms. Furthermore, there is little empirical evidence that pay-for-performance has a substantial effect on healthcare quality.
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Economics, Health care management, Public policy, Health care quality, Pay-for-performance, Payment incentives
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