Background: The benefits of pay-for-performance (P4P) programs are uncertain. Purpose:
To update and expand a prior review examining the effects of P4P programs targeted at the …

Breast cancer is the most common neoplasm diagnosed amongst women worldwide and is
the leading cause of female cancer death. However, breast cancer in China is not …

This paper aims to provide a review and synthesis of the performance-based contracting
(PBC) literature across academic disciplines. It also seeks to examine how the operations …

Pay for performance (P4P) has become a popular approach to performance improvement in
health care. Most of the P4P literature has focused on the United States and there is limited …

Background Pay for performance (P4P) incentive schemes are increasingly used world-wide
to improve health system performance but results of evaluations vary considerably. A …

This article reviews the literature on the use of financial incentives to improve the provision
of value-based health care. Eighty studies of 44 schemes from 10 countries were reviewed …

Background This study investigated if the evidence on the success of the Pay for
Performance (P4P) schemes in healthcare is changing as the schemes continue to evolve …

Preventive care, such as screening, is important for reducing the risk of cancer, a leading
cause of death worldwide. Indeed, some type of cancers are detected through screening …

Importance Value-driven payment system reform is a potential tool for aligning economic
incentives with the improvement of quality and efficiency of health care and containment of …

We investigate the impact of the implementation of Diabetes Management Programs with
financial incentives in the Italian Region Emilia-Romagna between 2003 and 2005. We …