Introduction: Healthcare systems increasingly move toward “value-based
healthcare”(VBHC), aiming to further improve quality and performance of care as well as the …

Purpose While both perceived job autonomy and self-leadership are assumed to be
important for optimal functioning of healthcare workers, their mutual relationship remains …

Public performance regimes are bedeviled by a paradox: they must engage the specialized
knowledge of professionals who often perceive those very regimes as a threat to their …

Objectives To explore physician descriptions of the influence of pay for performance (P4P)
programs on their medical decision-making for the delivery of health care through three …

This article examines the role of physicians within the managerial structure of Russian
hospitals. A comparative qualitative methodology with a structured assessment framework is …

Activity-based financing (ABF) and global budgeting are two common reimbursement
models in hospital care that embody different incentives for cost containment and quality …

In this chapter, we focus on the major reforms intended to ensure the sustainability of health
care in Denmark between 2000 and 2020 and the evidence for the effectiveness of these …

The issue of physician wellness has received increasing attention in recent years for
multiple reasons, including issues ranging from physician attrition and suicide to patient …

Background Successive health system reforms have steadily eroded physician autonomy.
Escalating accountability demands placed on physicians concurrent with diminishing …

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore physician descriptions of the
influence of pay for performance (P4P) programs on their medical decision-making for the …