Will more finance reform improve quality in Ontario’s hospitals?

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"...For payments to be effectively tied to quality, both processes and outcomes must be continuously measured in Ontario’s hospitals. But in many cases hospitals are not measuring relevant quality indicators. According to the clinical QBP guidebook from the COPD expert panel, the indicators of patient outcomes currently measured by hospitals, which include COPD admission rates and length of stvay, “do not measure the quality of care provided.”.....