Payment for Performance (P4P): Any Future in Italy?
Language:
English
Series/Journal Title:
BMC Public Health
Volume:
11
Issue:
377
Copyright:
2011
Pages:
13
Description:
Pay for Performance (P4P) programs, based on provision of financial incentives for service quality, have been widely adopted to enhance quality of care and to promote a more efficient use of health care resources whilst improving patient outcomes. The aim of this paper is to evaluate whether it is possible to implement P4P programs in the Lombardy Region, in Italy, based on the existing data set. [from abstract]
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
- 1517 reads