Selecting Effective Incentive Structures in Health Care: a Decision Framework to Support Health Care Purchasers in Finding the Right Incentives to Drive Performance
Language:
English
Series/Journal Title:
BMC Health Services Research
Volume:
8
Issue:
66
Copyright:
2008
Pages:
33
Description:
This article discusses the development of a decision framework to assist policymakers in choosing and designing effective incentive systems. The researchers identified several models that have proven to be effective in changing or enabling a health provider’s performance. It was determined that there is no single best approach to create incentives and the ability of financial and non-financial incentives to achieve results depends on a number of contextual elements. The researchers found nine incentive models to be appropriate for use in Ontario and potentially other health care systems. These models were incorporated into a newly created decision framework. [adapted from abstract]
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
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