Hehenkamp, Burkhard; Kaarbøe, Oddvar - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2008
A frequent form of pay-for-performance programs increase reimbursement for all services by a certain percentage of the baseline price. We examine how such a “bonus-for-quality” reimbursement scheme affects the wage contract given to physicians by the hospital management. To this end, we...