Will pay for performance improve quality of care?

"Beyond the obvious differences between the U.K. National Health Service and U.S. health care settings, some striking differences between the British and American versions of pay for performance might help explain the contrasting results."

Editorial: Will pay for performance improve quality of care? The answer is in the details
AM Epstein
New England Journal of Medicine, 2012, 367(19):1852-1853

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Reduced mortality with hospital pay for performance in England

"The introduction of pay for performance in all NHS hospitals in one region of England was associated with a clinically significant reduction in mortality."

Reduced mortality with hospital pay for performance in England
M Sutton, S Nikolova, R Boaden, H Lester, R McDonald, M Roland
New England Journal of Medicine, 2012, 367(19):1821-1828

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A 10 year (2000-2010) systematic review of interventions to improve quality of care in hospitals

"Future interventions to improve quality of care will be most effective when they use a collaborative approach, involve multidisciplinary teams, utilise available resources, involve physicians and recognise the unique requirements of each patient group."

A 10 year (2000-2010) systematic review of interventions to improve quality of care in hospitals
MC Conry, N Humphries, K Morgan, Y McGowan, A Montgomery, K Vedhara, E Panagopoulou, H McGee
BMC Health Services Research, 2012, 12:275

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Inpatient care for people with diabetes

"Long-term complications arising from sub-optimal care can impose further costs on individuals and their carers, on the health and social care system and on the public sector more generally."

Inpatient care for people with diabetes: the economic case for change
M Kerr
Insight Health Economics
November 2011

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