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Quality-based payment: six case examples.

Peggy McNamara1

  • 1Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization and Markets, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. pmcnamar@ahrq.gov

International Journal for Quality in Health Care : Journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care
|May 10, 2005
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Quality-based payment reforms are feasible globally, despite operational challenges. Further research is needed on the long-term impact and sustainability of various incentive schemes for healthcare quality improvement.

Area of Science:

  • Health economics
  • Healthcare policy
  • Quality improvement

Background:

  • Health systems worldwide recognize the need for payment reforms to incentivize high-quality care.
  • Evidence suggests current healthcare quality is suboptimal, necessitating innovative payment models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore feasible contexts for quality-based payment implementation.
  • To stimulate debate on integrating quality-based payment into developing countries' healthcare policies.

Main Methods:

  • A purposive sample of six international quality-based payment schemes was analyzed.
  • Key informants with expertise in global payment schemes provided guidance.
  • Schemes were examined for environmental contexts and design features.

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Main Results:

  • Quality-based payment has been implemented across diverse settings, including public and private sectors and various healthcare facilities.
  • Implementers utilize varied incentive structures and quality benchmarks (structural, process, outcome).

Conclusions:

  • Quality-based payment is operational in both developed and developing nations, though not widespread.
  • The long-term sustainability and impact of different incentive schemes remain largely unexamined in existing literature.