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Table 1 Bonus systems of the six panel hospitals (1978 – 1997)

From: The effect of performance-related pay of hospital doctors on hospital behaviour: a case study from Shandong, China

Year

Zhaoyuan

Liangshan

Qixia

Weishan

Changyi

Yanzhou

1978

1

1

1

1

1

1

1979

1

1

1

1*

1

1

1980

1

1

1*

1*

1

1

1981

1

1

1*

2*

1

1

1982

1

1

2*

2*

1

1*

1983

1

1

2*

2*

1

1*

1984

1

1

2*

2

2

2*

1985

1

1

2

3

2

2*

1986

1

1

2

3

2

2*

1987

2

1

2

3

2

2

1988

2

2

2

3

2

2

1989

2

2

2

3

2

2

1990

2

2

2

3

2

2

1991

2

2

2

3

2

2

1992

2

2

2

3

2

2

1993

3

2

3

1

2

2

1994

3

3

3

1

3

3

1995

3

3

3

3

3

3

1996

3

3

3

3

3

3

1997

3

3

3

3

3

3

  1. Notes:
  2. 1) 1: No bonus; 2: Flat bonus; 3: Revenue-related.
  3. 2) Numbers in italics indicate years for which inpatient records were collected.
  4. 3) * indicates data on tracer diseases were not available around the years of the bonus switch.