Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest threats in 21st century
medicine. AMR has been characterized as a social dilemma. A familiar version describes …

Aims This study aimed to systematically examine perceptions of nurses and physicians on
pay‐for‐performance in hospital. Background Pay‐for‐performance projects have …

Background Early mobilisation of intensive care unit (ICU) patients has been recommended
in clinical practice guidelines. Therefore, the Japanese universal health insurance system …

Background We aim to examine the association between primary care physicians' billing of
Q050A, a pay‐for‐performance heart failure (HF) management incentive fee code, and the …

Background In 2015, an academic-led surgical quality improvement (QI) programme was
initiated in Japan to use database information entered from 2013 to 2014 to identify …

Les initiatives de rémunération à la qualité menées à travers le monde peinent à donner des
résultats positifs. En même temps, une revendication actuelle est d'orienter ces …

Guidelines aim to align clinical care with best practice. However, simply publishing a
guideline rarely triggers behavioural changes to match guideline recommendations. 1–3 We …

Executive summary In their efforts to achieve universal health coverage, countries in the
Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region have recognised the need to redesign …

As low-and middle-income countries move towards universal health coverage, limited
financing and low quality of care continue to be a significant problem. Policymakers …

General practitioners (GPs) prescribe antibiotics for acute respiratory tract infections at high
rates, despite evidence that suggests little benefit. Use of antibiotics causes antibiotic …