Letícia Xander Russo, Timothy Powell-Jackson, Josephine Borghi, Juliana Sampaio, Garibaldi Dantas Gurgel Junior, Helena Eri Shimizu, Adriana Falangola Benjamin Bezerra, Keila Silene de Brito E Silva, Jorge Otávio Maia Barreto, André Luis Bonifácio de Carvalho, Roxanne J Kovacs, Luciano Bezerra Gomes, Nasser Fardousi, Everton Nunes da Silva
Pay-for-performance (P4P) schemes have been shown to have mixed effects on health care outcomes. A challenge in interpreting this evidence is that P4P is often considered a homogenous intervention, when in practice schemes vary widely in their design. Our study contributes to this literature by providing a detailed depiction of incentive design across municipalities within a national P4P scheme in Brazil (PMAQ) and exploring the association of alternative design typologies with the performance of primary health /care providers...
April 25, 2024: Health Policy and Planning