Relationship between physician financial incentives and clinical pathway compliance: a cross-sectional study of 18 public hospitals in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Many strategies have been either used or recommended to promote physician compliance with clinical practice guidelines and clinical pathways (CPs). This study examines the relationship between hospitals' use of financial incentives to encourage physician compliance with CPs and physician adherence to CPs.

Design

A retrospectively cross-sectional study of the relationship between the extent to which patient care was consistent with CPs and hospital's use of financial incentives to influence CP compliance.

Setting

Eighteen public hospitals in three provinces in China.

Participants

Stratified sample of 2521 patients discharged between 3 January 2013 and 31 December 2014.

Primary outcome measures

The proportion of key performance indicators (KPIs)

SUBMITTER: Bai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549614 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature