1 February 2015

Incentives for best practice - a review of the evidence

Incentives to follow Best Practice in Health Care
OHE, February 2015
  • A briefing summarising the international evidence on incentives that encourage providers of health care to follow guidance on best practice, particularly where that guidance requires the use of specific medicines or other health technologies. 
  • These incentives include monetary and non-monetary (eg audit, feedback) rewards.
  • Chapter 3 discusses incentives for best practice that are currently in place in the NHS, particularly in England, in primary and secondary care respectively including QOF, Quality Premium, CQUIN and Advancing Quality, consultant performance data, 
  • (Free registration required to download this report)