title: Improving hospital quality through payment reforms: A policy impact analysis in British Columbia.
abstract: Among the most devastating and costly consequences of fragmented care is unplanned readmissions. This study adapts Medicare's incentive program and applies the policy to hospitals in British Columbia. The financial implications for hospitals affected by these policies would be small and it is questionable whether the disincentive is worth the trade-offs.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hellsten
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Guiping
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Golden
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. jsutherland@chspr.ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sutherland
mesh_terms: D001955:British Columbia; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D018166:Health Care Reform; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006291:Health Policy; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D011787:Quality of Health Care