Journal article
Effects of quality-based procedure hospital funding reform in Ontario, Canada: An interrupted time series study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Government of Ontario, Canada, announced hospital funding reforms in 2011, including Quality-based Procedures (QBPs) involving pre-set funds for managing patients with specific diagnoses/procedures. A key goal was to improve quality of care across the jurisdiction.
METHODS: Interrupted time series evaluated the policy change, focusing on four QBPs (congestive heart failure, hip fracture surgery, pneumonia, prostate cancer …
Authors
Li AH-T; Palmer KS; Taljaard M; Paterson JM; Brown A; Huang A; Marani H; Lapointe-Shaw L; Pincus D; Wettstein MS
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 15, No. 8,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0236480
ISSN
1932-6203