The impact of financial incentives on the implementation of asthma or diabetes self-management: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Financial incentives are utilised in healthcare systems in a number of countries to improve quality of care delivered to patients by rewarding practices or practitioners for achieving set targets.

Objectives

To systematically review the evidence investigating the impact of financial incentives for implementation of supported self-management on quality of care including: organisational process outcomes, individual behavioural outcomes, and health outcomes for individuals with asthma or diabetes; both conditions with an extensive evidence base for self-management.

Methods

We followed Cochrane methodology, using a PICOS search strategy to search eight databases in November 2015 (updated May 2017) including a broad range of implementation methodologies. Studi

SUBMITTER: Jackson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5673190 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature