Pay for Performance in Primary Care: Proceed with Caution, Pitfalls Ahead
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Pay for performance in primary care: proceed with caution, pitfalls ahead.
P AY FOR PERFORMANCE IN HEALTHCARE – THE CONCEPT THAT PAYMENT should reflect processes and outcomes of care – has generated growing interest, debate and action among policy makers, health system managers and health-care providers in Canada and internationally. With the introduction of its Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) for primary care in 2004, the United Kingdom raised pay for performanc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Healthcare Policy | Politiques de Santé
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1715-6580
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2008.20003