“Pay-for-performance: will the latest payment trend improve care?”

by Meredith B. Rosenthal and R. Adams Dudley. In: Journal of the American Medical Association 2007 February 21;297(7):740-4.
The authors review five key design elements of pay-for-performance programs that are important determinants of their influence:

deciding on an individual vs. group focus for payment;
paying the right amount;
selecting high-impact performance measures;
having payments reward all high-quality care; and
making quality [...]

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