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Table 1 Incentive models used in health care to change or enable an actors' behavior

From: Selecting effective incentive structures in health care: A decision framework to support health care purchasers in finding the right incentives to drive performance

 

Financial

Non-financial

Direct

- Bonus

- Performance based withhold

- Performance-based fee schedule

- Pay for activities

- Shared savings contracts

- Link regular payment (rate) increase to performance

- Quality grants/performance fund

- Financial award

- Auto assignment

- Public reporting/recognition (appeals to intrinsic motivation)

- Earned autonomy

- Managerial replacement

Indirect

- Cost differentials for beneficiaries

- Public reporting/recognition (appeals to patients who base their choice for a provider on quality)