Background Activity-based funding (ABF) of hospitals is a policy intervention intended to re-
shape incentives across health systems through the use of diagnosis-related groups. Many …

Introduction Providing cost-effective, accessible, high quality patient care is a challenge to
governments and health care delivery systems across the globe. In response to this …

Following the US experience, activity-based funding has become the most common
mechanism for reimbursing hospitals in Europe. Focusing on five European countries …

Background In the early 2000s, Ontario and Quebec, two provinces of Canada, began to
introduce hospital payment reforms to improve quality and access to care. This paper (1) …

For policy-makers the heterogeneity of hospital response to reforms is of crucial concern.
Even though a reform may entail a positive effect on average efficiency, policy-makers will …

Objective To understand what patterns of health care use are associated with higher post‐
hospitalization spending. Data Sources Medicare hospital, skilled nursing, inpatient …

Background Identifying factors that influence sustained implementation of hospital-based
interventions is key to ensuring evidence-based best practice is maintained across the NHS …

Governments of low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are widely implementing
performance-based financing (PBF) to improve healthcare services. However, it is unclear …

Objectives Integrated funds for health and social care are one possible way of improving
care for people with complex care requirements. If integrated funds facilitate coordinated …

Financial Incentives and Vulnerable Populations n engl j med 378; 11 nejm. org March 15,
2018 a recent study showed that reductions in hospitalizations accrued roughly evenly in …