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Perceptions and experiences of financial incentives: A qualitative study of dialysis care in England

Perceptions and experiences of financial incentives: A qualitative study of dialysis care in England
Perceptions and experiences of financial incentives: A qualitative study of dialysis care in England
Objective: The objective of the study was to understand the extent to which financial incentives such as Payment by Results and other payment mechanisms motivate kidney centres in England to change their practices. Design: The study followed a qualitative design. Data collection involved 32 in-depth semistructured interviews with healthcare professionals and managers, focusing on their subjective experience of payment structures. Participants: Participants were kidney healthcare professionals, clinical directors, kidney centre managers and finance managers. Healthcare commissioners from different parts of England were also interviewed. Setting: Participants worked at five kidney centres from across England. The selection was based on the prevalence of home haemodialysis, ranging from low (8%) prevalence, with at least one centre in each one of these categories at the time of selection. Results: While the tariff for home haemodialysis is not a clear incentive for its adoption due to uncertainty about operational costs, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) targets and the Best Practice Tariff for vascular access were seen by our case study centres as a motivator to change practices. Conclusions: The impact of financial incentives designed at a policy level is influenced by the understanding of cost and benefits at the local operational level. In a situation where costs are unclear, incentives which are based on the improvement of profit margins have a smaller impact than incentives which provide an additional direct payment, even if this extra financial support is relatively small.
article dialysis financial management health care cost health care personnel home dialysis human manager perception qualitative research semi structured interview United Kingdom vascular access clinical trial economics England interview motivation multicenter study national health service reimbursement Renal Insufficiency Hemodialysis, Home Humans Interviews as Topic Reimbursement, Incentive State Medicine
2044-6055
Abma, I.
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Jayanti, A.
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Bayer, S.
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Mitra, S.
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Abma, I.
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Bayer, S.
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Abma, I., Jayanti, A., Bayer, S., Mitra, S. and Barlow, James (2014) Perceptions and experiences of financial incentives: A qualitative study of dialysis care in England. BMJ Open, 4 (2), [e004249]. (doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004249).

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Objective: The objective of the study was to understand the extent to which financial incentives such as Payment by Results and other payment mechanisms motivate kidney centres in England to change their practices. Design: The study followed a qualitative design. Data collection involved 32 in-depth semistructured interviews with healthcare professionals and managers, focusing on their subjective experience of payment structures. Participants: Participants were kidney healthcare professionals, clinical directors, kidney centre managers and finance managers. Healthcare commissioners from different parts of England were also interviewed. Setting: Participants worked at five kidney centres from across England. The selection was based on the prevalence of home haemodialysis, ranging from low (8%) prevalence, with at least one centre in each one of these categories at the time of selection. Results: While the tariff for home haemodialysis is not a clear incentive for its adoption due to uncertainty about operational costs, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) targets and the Best Practice Tariff for vascular access were seen by our case study centres as a motivator to change practices. Conclusions: The impact of financial incentives designed at a policy level is influenced by the understanding of cost and benefits at the local operational level. In a situation where costs are unclear, incentives which are based on the improvement of profit margins have a smaller impact than incentives which provide an additional direct payment, even if this extra financial support is relatively small.

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Accepted/In Press date: 10 January 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 February 2014
Published date: 2014
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Keywords: article dialysis financial management health care cost health care personnel home dialysis human manager perception qualitative research semi structured interview United Kingdom vascular access clinical trial economics England interview motivation multicenter study national health service reimbursement Renal Insufficiency Hemodialysis, Home Humans Interviews as Topic Reimbursement, Incentive State Medicine
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Local EPrints ID: 410484
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/410484
ISSN: 2044-6055
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ORCID for S. Bayer: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7872-467X

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Author: I. Abma
Author: A. Jayanti
Author: S. Bayer ORCID iD
Author: S. Mitra
Author: James Barlow

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