Pay for performance in primary care: the contribution of the Programme for Improving Access and Quality of Primary Care (PMAQ) on avoidable hospitalisations in Brazil, 2009–2018

Background Evidence on the effect of pay-for-performance (P4P) schemes on provider performance is mixed in low-income and middle-income countries. Brazil introduced its first national-level P4P scheme in 2011 (PMAQ-Brazilian National Programme for Improving Primary Care Access and Quality). PMAQ is...

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Main Authors: Josephine Borghi, Roxanne Kovacs, Timothy Powell-Jackson, Airton Tetelbom Stein, Letícia Xander Russo, Jorge Otavio Maia Barreto, Garibaldi Dantas Gurgel Junior, Luciano Bezerra Gomes, Juliana Sampaio, Helena Eri Shimizu, Allan Nuno Alves de Sousa, Adriana Falangola Benjamin Bezerra, Everton Nunes Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/7/e005429.full