We investigate the impact of the implementation of Diabetes Management Programs with financial incentives in the Italian Region Emilia-Romagna between 2003 and 2005. We focus on avoidable hospitalisations for diabetic patients for whom GPs receive additional payments exceeding capitation. We...

<i> L’offerta privata di servizi ospedalieri in un sistema a finanziamento pubblico: un’analisi empirica </i> (di Gianluca Fiorentini e Cristina Ugolini) - ABSTRACT: The paper investigates the introduction of some contractual elements in the command and control mechanism used in an Italian Region...

Pay-for-Performance programs offering additional payments to GPs can be used not only to improve the quality of care but also for cost containment purposes. In this paper, we analyse the impact of removing financial incentives in primary care that were aimed at containing hospital expenditure in...

Objectives We investigate the impact on quality of care of the introduction of two financial incentives in primary care contracts in the Italian region Emilia Romagna: pay-for-participation and pay-for-compliance with best practices programs.Methods We concentrate on patients affected by...