Background There is considerable interest in the effectiveness of financial incentives in the
delivery of health care. Incentives may be used in an attempt to increase the use of evidence …

BACKGROUND: It is crucial that research findings are implemented in general practice if
high-quality care is to be achieved. Multifaceted interventions are usually assumed to be …

Objective. To identify all financial incentives that had been proposed, described, or used
regardless of their initial objective and, when possible, to assess the results of these …

This article asks whether financial incentives can improve the quality of health care. A
conceptual framework drawn from microeconomics, agency theory, behavioral economics …

This paper examines the commercialization of an alternative youth subculture. Sociologists
have typically focused on the ways that authorities have attempted to repress and censor …

What can be learned from international experience of efforts to control spending and to
improve efficiency and access in pharmaceutical markets? Policymakers tend to reinvent …

Background The proportion of total healthcare expenditures spent on drugs has continued to
grow in countries of all income categories. Policy‐makers are under pressure to control …

Purpose: Inappropriate prescribing has been identified in many health facilities in
developing countries. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prescribing practices in …

The number of dispensing doctors has increased in the last decade, but the implication of
this trend on the quality of health care and drug use is unknown. We present a comparative …

This is the second of three papers that review international policies to control spending on
drugs and to improve the efficiency of drug use. This paper reviews policies influencing …