Selecting effective incentive structures in health care: A decision framework to support health care purchasers in finding the right incentives to drive performance
Open Access
- 27 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 8 (1) , 66
Abstract
The Ontario health care system is devolving planning and funding authority to community based organizations and moving from steering through rules and regulations to steering on performance. As part of this transformation, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) are interested in using incentives as a strategy to ensure alignment – that is, health service providers' goals are in accord with the goals of the health system. The objective of the study was to develop a decision framework to assist policymakers in choosing and designing effective incentive systems.Keywords
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