title: Medicare finds that paying bonuses can improve performance.
abstract: Offering to pay bonuses to higher-performing hospitals has increased quality across the board, according to data from the first year of a Medicare demonstration project.
mesh_terms: D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States