Combining routine outcomes measurement and 'Payment by Results': will it work and is it worth it?
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Abstract
The Department of Health in England has long encouraged the routine measurement of clinical outcomes in mental health services but has now decided to use outcome measures as part of a new payments system - Payment by Results. We examine how these two policies should or might interact.
Medical subject headings
- Mental Health Services
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care
- Reimbursement, Incentive