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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/11181124 |
| Date | 18 October 2013 |
| Creators | Richardson, Samuel Starr |
| Contributors | McGuire, Thomas G. |
| Publisher | Harvard University |
| Source Sets | Harvard University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Rights | open |
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