Quality of care at safety-net hospitals and the impact on pay-for-performance reimbursement.
Reith R SarkarP Travis CourtneyKatie BachandPaige E SheridanPaul J RiviereZachary D GussChristian R LopezMichael G BrandelMatthew P BanegasJames D MurphyPublished in: Cancer (2020)
Hospitals caring for uninsured or underinsured individuals have decreased quality-of-care measures. Under pay-for-performance reimbursement models, these lower quality-of-care scores could decrease hospital payments, potentially increasing health disparities for at-risk patients with cancer.