Research Article
An Analysis of Pay-for-Performance Schemes and Their Potential Impacts on Health Systems and Outcomes for Patients
Table 1
Key distinguishing characteristics of common P4P structures.
| Structures | Incentive | Benchmark | Quality measures |
| Based on comparison with others | Reward-based | Absolute performance | Outcome-based | Based on standards of care | Penalty-based | N/A | Process-based | Based on past evidence | N/A | Relative performance | Structure-based |
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