Why pay for performance saves lives in the UK but not in the US

This past November, the New England Journal of Medicine published results from the “Advancing Quality” program in the United Kingdom: hospitals in the northwest of England were paid up to 4% more based on quality scores for treating several common medical conditions.  Patient outcomes were compared to other National Health Service hospitals not eligible for the bonuses, and several other conditions that were not explicitly measured in the same …

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