implemented simultaneously. We use a controlled laboratory experiment to isolate the impact of non-monetary performance incentives …: subjects take on the role of physicians and make treatment decisions for patients, receiving feedback on the quality of their …In recent years, several countries have introduced non-monetary performance incentives for health care providers to …

We study how competition between physicians affects the provision of medical care. In our theoretical model physicians … are faced with a heterogeneous patient population, in which patients systematically vary with regard to both, their … in a controlled laboratory experiment. In line with the model, we observe that competition significantly improves patient …

-for-service incentives, and underprovision due to capitation; on average, it increases the patients' health benefit. The magnitude of these …We present causal evidence from a controlled experiment on the effect of pay for performance on physicians' behavior …-for-service or capitation. Performance pay is granted if a health care quality threshold is reached, and varies with the patients …

This paper systematically studies how performance pay, complementing either baseline feefor-service or capitation …, affects physicians' medical service provision and the quality of care. Using a series of controlled experiments with … physicians and students, we test the incentive effect of performance pay at a within-subject level. A discrete bonus is granted …

stimulate effort. Through a real-effort artefactual field experiment with factory workers and university students as a … comparison group in China, we examine how both psychological and financial incentives, together with attitudes toward risk, may … rank-based financial incentives. Our results show that performance-ranking information had a significant motivational …

-for-performance incentives affect the medical treatment of different patient types. Our results reveal that, on average, patients significantly …Recent reforms in health care have introduced a variety of pay-for-performance programs using financial incentives for … physicians to improve the quality of care. Their effectiveness is, however, ambiguous as it is often difficult to disentangle the …

-for-performance incentives affect the medical treatment of different patient types. Our results reveal that, on average, patients significantly …Recent reforms in health care have introduced a variety of pay-for-performance programs using financial incentives for … physicians to improve the quality of care. Their effectiveness is, however, ambiguous as it is often difficult to disentangle the …

implemented simultaneously. We use a controlled laboratory experiment to isolate the impact of nonmonetary performance incentives …: subjects take on the role of physicians and make treatment decisions for patients, receiving feedback on the quality of their … experiment ; quality reporting ; feedback ; treatment quality ; performance incentives …

implemented simultaneously. We use a controlled laboratory experiment to isolate the impact of nonmonetary performance incentives …: subjects take on the role of physicians and make treatment decisions for patients, receiving feedback on the quality of their …In recent years, several countries have introduced non-monetary performance incentives for health care providers to …

, without competition, physicians deviate from patient-optimal treatment under payment systems like capitation and fee … controlled laboratory experiment. Experimental conditions vary physician payment and patient characteristics. Real patients … der Arztvergütung und der Charakteristika der Patienten. Reale Patienten profitieren von den im Experiment getroffenen …