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Descriptor English: Reimbursement, Incentive
Descriptor Spanish: Reembolso de Incentivo
Descriptor reembolso de incentivos
Scope note: Esquema de reembolso por los servicios de salud prestados, generalmente por una institución, y que proporciona incentivos económicos adicionales si se cumplen ciertas condiciones. Tales esquemas tienen la finalidad de promover y asegurar el aumento de la eficiencia y la contención de gastos, con una mejor atención o al menos sin efectos adversos sobre la calidad de la atención prestada.
Descriptor Portuguese: Reembolso de Incentivo
Descriptor French: Remboursement incitatif
Entry term(s): Incentive Reimbursement
Incentive Reimbursements
Pay for Performance
Performance, Pay for
Tree number(s): N03.219.521.710.305.380
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012052
Scope note: A scheme which provides reimbursement for the health services rendered, generally by an institution, and which provides added financial rewards if certain conditions are met. Such a scheme is intended to promote and reward increased efficiency and cost containment, with better care, or at least without adverse effect on the quality of the care rendered.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS 1979-90
History Note: 91(79); was see under REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS 1979-90
DeCS ID: 12472
Unique ID: D012052
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/09
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Reimbursement, Incentive - Preferred
Concept UI M0018735
Scope note A scheme which provides reimbursement for the health services rendered, generally by an institution, and which provides added financial rewards if certain conditions are met. Such a scheme is intended to promote and reward increased efficiency and cost containment, with better care, or at least without adverse effect on the quality of the care rendered.
Preferred term Reimbursement, Incentive
Entry term(s) Incentive Reimbursement
Incentive Reimbursements
Pay for Performance - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0535103
Scope note Explicit financial incentives designed to improve performance quality and a quantitative measure of quality.
Preferred term Pay for Performance
Entry term(s) Performance, Pay for



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