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June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This case study involved a regional QI initiative to improve delivery of care to people with diabetes. Pay for participation may be a viable strategy to promote quality improvement in primary care practices.
October 15, 2009 | Program Result Report
Rewarding Results: Aligning Payments with High-Quality Health Care was a national program of RWJF and California HealthCare Foundation that tested the use of financial incentives to improve the quality of health care.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Providing financial incentives to hospitals to improve quality is increasingly common, yet little is known about its effect on hospitals that provide care for poorer patients. In this study, researchers looked at how financial incentives affected those hospitals serving larger, poorer populations.
National Program
To invent, prove and diffuse innovations in systems of provider payments and nonfinancial incentives that will encourage and reward high-quality care.
February 28, 2011 | Toolkit
Toolkit is designed to provide the information needed to gain a solid understanding of the PROMETHEUS Payment model, consider the potential benefits of a pilot implementation and take action.
September 9, 2009 | Journal Article
The case that the United States spends more than is optimal on health care is overwhelming. But identifying reasons for excessive spending is not the same as showing how to wring it out in ways that increase welfare.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
When hospital service line profit goes down, mortality goes up.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
Four organizations planned projects to demonstrate the use of financial incentives to reward providers for delivering high-quality health care.
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
Comprehensive data is the most valuable resource that public health organizations can use when making funding decisions. Given the waves of budget cuts that have been washing over local health districts since 2008, public health finance data has nev ...
July 23, 2012 | Journal Article
Professionals in the field of Public Health Finance have the goals put forth in the 2007 Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) Public Health Finance issue within their grasp. The field of Public Health Finance has been gathering m ...