This paper develops a simple model of payment incentives and empirically evaluates provider payment reform in Hainan Province, China. We use a pre-post study design with a control group to analyse two years of claims data to assess the impact of a January 1997 change to prospective payment for a sub-sample of the hospitals. This difference-in-difference empirical strategy allows us to isolate t...

working capital management is an essential part of the short-term finance of a firm. with an efficient working capital management, a firm can release capital for more strategic objectives, reduce the financial costs, and improve profitability. the present research studies the relationship of working capital management on performance of firms listed in tehran stock exchange (tse). average collec...

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The European banking industry joined forces to achieve a fully integrated market for retail payment services in the euro area: the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Against this background, the present paper examines the fundamental relationship between retail payment business and overall bank performance. Using data from across 27 European markets over the period 2000–2007, we analyse whether ...

Value-Based Payment Modifier Timeline Year Action 2012 CMS provided confidential feedback reports to all successful PQRS participants to demonstrate the type of information that will be used to calculate the VBM 2013 Initial performance period began for large group practices only (>100 eligible professionals) 2014 Performance period begins for group practices with >10 eligible professionals. 20...

The performance-based payment structure has been widely used in infrastructure PPP projects. However, existing research absent on the structural unbalance problem of current This study aims to construct an optimal proportion total payment, and then design a for Firstly, definition performance-linked rate is introduced characterize payment. Secondly, based different objectives maximum social ben...

In 2020, the Brazilian Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde; SUS) celebrated 30 years. However, adequate government funding allocation to continue supporting SUS's universal health coverage goal remains a challenge be addressed.1Silva PJ Sistema Saúde (SUS) aos anos.Ciênc Coletiva. 2018; 23: 1723-1728Crossref PubMed Scopus (62) Google Scholar Payment for performance (P4P) was strategy ...