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Financial incentives and the health workforce [PDF]
Changes to the remuneration of medical practitioners are currently being considered in Australia. In this paper, we provide a discussion of financial incentives in healthcare markets and their effects on health professionals’ behaviour. After defining incentives, the paper focuses on the design of incentive schemes for the health workforce.
Scott, Anthony, Connelly, Luke B.
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Financial Incentives for Whistleblowers: A Short Survey [PDF]
Whistleblower reward programs, or “bounty regimes”, are increasingly used in the United States. The effectiveness of these programs have been questioned, and empirical evidence on their effectiveness have been scarce likely due to their relatively recent introduction.
Spagnolo, Giancarlo, Nyreröd, Theo
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Effectiveness of financial incentives to improve adherence to maintenance treatment with antipsychotics: cluster randomised controlled trial. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To test whether offering financial incentives to patients with psychotic disorders is effective in improving adherence to maintenance treatment with antipsychotics. DESIGN: Cluster randomised controlled trial.
Forrest, A +29 more
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Public attitudes to implementing financial incentives in stopsmoking services in Ireland.
INTRODUCTION Financial incentives improve stop-smoking service outcomes. Views on acceptability can influence implementation success. To inform implementation planning in Ireland, public attitudes on financial incentives to stop smoking were measured.
Blake, Martina +8 more
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Public survey of financial incentives for kidney donation in Bahrain
With the increasing prevalence of end-stage kidney disease in Bahrain, kidney donation is of vital importance. In this study, we want to assess how financial incentives will influence peoples’ views and decisions regarding kidney donation.
Amgad E El-Agroudy +3 more
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It pays to quit: a review of evidence about how financial incentives may improve smoking cessation during pregnancy [PDF]
Helping women to stop smoking during pregnancy is a major priority for health professionals and evidence suggests that financial incentives can be effective.
Wyke, Eleanor, Elander, James
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Financial Impact of Incentive Spirometry [PDF]
Despite largely unproven clinical effectiveness, incentive spirometry (IS) is widely used in an effort to reduce postoperative pulmonary complications. The objective of the study is to evaluate the financial impact of implementing IS. The amount of time nurses and RTs spend each day doing IS-related activities was assessed utilizing an online survey ...
Adam E. M. Eltorai +15 more
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The cessation in pregnancy incentives trial (CPIT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background: Seventy percent of women in Scotland have at least one baby, making pregnancy an opportunity to help most young women quit smoking before their own health is irreparably compromised.
De Caestecker, L. +57 more
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Community health workers (CHWs) are essential in the provision of a wide range of services, including family planning. In Tanzania, deployment of CHWs has largely been supported by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who often determine their ...
Maryse Kok +6 more
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Managed care has become the dominant delivery system in many areas of the United States. Nearly three fourths of privately insured Americans now receive network-based health care through health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred provider organizations (PPOs), and various point-of-service hybrid arrangements.1 Physicians receive over one third ...
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