payment methods, we employ a parsimonious experimental framework with a symmetric mirror-design of incentives and a constant … the quality of care. The effect sizes depend, however, on patients’ severity of illness in that severely ill patients gain … most from capitation-based performance pay while mildly ill patients do so under a fee-for-service-based system …

if a quality threshold is reached, which varies with the patients' severity of illness. We find that performance pay … significantly reduces non-optimal service provision and enhances the quality of care. Effect sizes depend on the patients' severity … Erkrankung der Patienten variiert. Wir beobachten, dass durch die leistungsbasierte Vergütung die nicht …

good quality services and demand-side incentives are used to encourage patients to seek care. In many developing country … suggest that by offering the right combination of incentives to the patients and the provider, program performance can be …. Incentives offered to the healthcare provider (referred to as supply-side incentives) are aimed at improving the availability of …