Health Care

Incentive Reimbursement

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.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

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.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Reimbursement, Incentive
  • Incentive Reimbursements
  • Pay for Performance
  • Performance, Pay for

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

91(79); was see under REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS 1979-90

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  1. N03w.219w.521.710.305.380w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Incentive Reimbursement. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012052. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012052
  2. Incentive Reimbursement. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_for_performance_(healthcare)
  3. Incentive Reimbursement. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7156607