Study: Pay-for-performance leads to "modest improvements" in quality
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, February 1, 2007
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A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), has indicated hospitals using both pay-for-performance measures have demonstrated "modest improvements in quality," according to the American Hospital Association (AHA) Web site. The NEJM report examined the results of more than 200 Premier-project participating hospitals and compared them to the results of over 400 hospitals publicly reporting quality data through the Hospital Quality Alliance. According to the report, pay-for-performance was associated with improvements ranging from 2.6% to 4.1% over the two-year period. According to the AHA, the report calls for additional research to determine whether different incentives would stimulate more improvement and whether the benefits of pay for performance programs outweigh their costs. Source: www.aha.org
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