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ArticlePreventive medicine2012

Impact of a pay for performance program to improve diabetes care in the safety net.

Alyna T Chien, Diana Eastman, Zhonghe Li, Meredith B Rosenthal

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Article in Preventive medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Design and effects of outcome-based payment models in healthcare: a systematic review.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2019
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  3. Payment methods for outpatient care facilities.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  8. The impact of the diabetes management incentive on diabetes-related services: evidence from Ontario, Canada.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2020
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  10. Pay-for-Performance: Disappointing Results or Masked Heterogeneity?Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2017
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  14. Incentives and health: an introduction.Preventive medicine · 2012
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  16. Diabetes care quality is highly correlated with patient panel characteristics.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Alyna T ChienDivision of General Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 21 Autumn Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Alyna.chien@childrens.harvard.edu
Diana Eastman
Zhonghe Li
Meredith B Rosenthal

Funding

Do Performance Incentives Improve Healthcare Quality for Vulnerable Populations?K08HS017146 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CHIEN, ALYNA TUNG-MEI · 2007 to 2011
$622k
AHRQ HHS K08 HS017146
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the impact of a "piece-rate" pay for performance (P4P) program aimed at improving diabetes care processes, outcomes and related healthcare utilization for patients enrolled in a not-for-profit Medicaid-focused managed care plan.

methodsTo evaluate Hudson Health Plan's P4P program in New York (2003-2007), we conducted: (1) a case-comparison difference-in-difference study using plan-level administrative data; (2) a patient-level claims data analysis; and (3) a cross-sectional survey.

resultsThe case-comparison study found that diabetes care processes (e.g., HbA1c, lipid, and dilated eye exam rates) and outcomes (e.g., LDL-C<100mg/dL) did not improve significantly over the study period. Claims analysis showed that younger adults had significantly increased odds (OR 3.50-3.56, p<0.001) of using emergency and hospital-based services and similarly decreased odds of receiving recommended care process (OR 0.22-0.36, p<0.01-0.001). Survey study indicated that practices lack fundamental quality improvement infrastructures and training.

conclusionsRecent health legislation mandates the use of P4P incentives in government programs that disproportionately care for patients with lower socioeconomic or minority backgrounds (e.g., Medicaid, Veterans Health Administration, and Tricare). More research is needed in order to understand how to tailor P4P programs for vulnerable care settings.

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Diabetes MellitusPovertyReimbursement, IncentiveAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth ServicesHospitalizationHumansMaleManaged Care ProgramsMedicaidMiddle AgedNew YorkOdds Ratio

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PMID23046985
PMCPMC12869365

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