Realigning the incentive system for China's primary healthcare providers

BMJ. 2019 Jun 21:365:l2406. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l2406.

Abstract

Although reforms have reduced incentives to overprescribe, more needs to be done to link performance to quality and ensure primary care doctors are adequately paid, say Xiaochen Ma and colleagues

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Clinical Competence
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Health Personnel / standards*
  • Humans
  • Motivation
  • Physicians, Primary Care
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Primary Health Care / economics*
  • Primary Health Care / standards