title: Paying for performance in healthcare organisations.
abstract: Aligning Financial Incentives (FIs) to health policy goals is becoming increasingly popular. In many cases, such initiatives have failed to deliver anticipated benefits. Attributing this to the actions of self-interested and resistant professionals is not an entirely helpful approach. It is important to avoid simplistic assumptions to build knowledge of how and why schemes are implemented in practice to inform future policy in this area.
authors.affiliation: Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McDonald
keywords: Incentives; Professionals; Quality Improvement