A mixed-method study on physicians' perceptions of pay for performance: impact on professionalism, morality and work-life balance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pay-for-performance system (P4P) has been in operation in the Turkish healthcare sector since 2004. While the government defended that it encouraged healthcare professionals' job motivation, and improved patient satisfaction by increasing efficiency and service quality, healthcare professionals have emphasized the system's negative effects on working conditions, physicians' trustworthiness, and cost-quality outcomes. In this study, we investigated physicians' accounts of current working conditions, their status as a moral agent, and their professional attitudes in the context of P4P's perceived effects on their professional, social, private, and future lives.

Methods

First, we held 3 focus groups with 19 residents and 1 specialist regarding their lived experiences

SUBMITTER: Kavas MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11734429 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature