Objective To measure therapeutic inertia by characterizing prescription patterns using secondary data obtained from the nationwide diabetes mellitus pay-for-performance (DM-P4P) programme in Taiwan. Methods Using reimbursement claims from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, a nationwide retrospective cohort study was undertaken of patients with diabetes mellitus who participat...

CONTEXT In France, a new payment for performance (P4P) scheme for primary care physicians was introduced in 2009 through the 'Contract for Improving Individual Practice' programme. Its objective was to reduce healthcare expenditures while enhancing improvement in guidelines' observance. Nevertheless, in all countries where the scheme was implemented, it raised several concerns in the domain of ...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To examine how Medicaid capital reimbursement policy is associated with nursing homes (NHs) having high proportions of private rooms and small households. DESIGN AND METHODS Through a 2009/2010 NH national survey, we identified NHs having small households and high proportions of private rooms (≥76%). A survey of state Medicaid officials and policy document review provided...

Online advertising is a booming industry and is developing into a major advertising outlet for millions of firms. In 2004, in United States alone, firms spent $9.6 billion on online advertising, a nearly 33% increase over the spending in 2003 [11]. Analysts project that by 2009, the online advertising budget will reach $22.3 billion [5]. Various factors contribute to the unprecedented growth of...

BACKGROUND: Improving the quality of care provided to beneficiaries while reining in costs, is a key goal for Medicare programs. The emerging payfor-performance (P4P) movement is a reimbursement strategy that provides incentives to improve the overall quality care provided to patients, which can lead to improved clinical outcomes and reduced health care utilization and costs. OBJECTIVE: To revi...

Pay-for-performance advertising schemes such as pay-per-click (PPC) and pay-per-sale (PPS) have grown in popularity with the recent advances in digital technologies for targeting advertising and measuring outcomes. However, several publishers still continue to use well-established pay-per-impression (PPI) payment schemes. Given the choice of multiple payment schemes PPI, PPC, and PPS our study ...

In previous centuries, before the advent of indoor plumbing, families bathed in the same tub of water. The order of bathing was determined according to age and stature within the family. The heads of the household bathed first, followed by the next generation, and so on. By the time the babies were bathed, the water was less than clear. Thus arose the saying ‘‘Don’t throw the baby out with the ...