Abstract
Incentives for better performance in health care have several modes and methods. They are designed to motivate and encourage people to perform well and improve their outcomes. They may include monetary or non-monetary incentives and may be applied to consumers, individual providers or institutions. One such model is the Pay-for-Performance system. In this system, beneficiaries are compared with one another based on a set of performance indicators and those that achieve a high level of performance are rewarded financially. This system is meant to recognise and primarily to reward high performers. Its goal is to encourage beneficiaries to strive for better performance. This system has been applied in several countries and for several recipients and settings. Early indications show that this system has had mixed effects on performance.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/2075-0528.1264
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 11(2), 201-106
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Abduljawad, A., & Al-Assaf, A. F. (2025). Incentives for Better Performance in Health Care. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 11(2), 201-106. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1264
MLA 9
Abduljawad, Asaad, and Assaf F. Al-Assaf. "Incentives for Better Performance in Health Care." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, 2025, pp. 201-106. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1264.
Chicago (author–date)
Abduljawad, Asaad, and Assaf F. Al-Assaf. 2025. "Incentives for Better Performance in Health Care." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 11 (2): 201-106. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1264.
Harvard
Abduljawad, A. and Al-Assaf, A. F. (2025) 'Incentives for Better Performance in Health Care', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 11(2), pp. 201-106. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1264.
Vancouver
Abduljawad A, Al-Assaf AF. Incentives for Better Performance in Health Care. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;11(2):201-106. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1264
IEEE
A. Abduljawad, and A. F. Al-Assaf, "Incentives for Better Performance in Health Care," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 201-106, 2025, doi: 10.18295/2075-0528.1264.