This data-driven study focuses on the design of financial incentives in order to reduce unnecessary C-sections, resulting in enhanced birth quality with alleviated economic burden for health care payers. In this context, we propose an analytical framework to study alternative base reimbursement...

Objectives The objectives of this study were (1) identifying the patterns of post-stroke care, (2) determining the care-provider and patient characteristics associated with optimal management of post-stroke care and (3) estimating the potential influence of various facilitated care policies on...