Financial and measured quality performance currently don't go hand-in-hand in Flemish non-university hospitals

Abstract: The value paradigm in healthcare emphasises on financial rewarding of higher quality of care at lower cost. We evaluated the financial and quality performance of all 52 Flemish (Belgium) non-university, general hospitals using 2 publicly available databases. The financial situation of many Flemish hospitals is precarious. In the observation period 2012-14, one in four hospitals had a negative profit and half of the hospitals had a net profit of less than 1 million euro. Average profitability of all hospitals was 0.9% (SD 1.4%). Measured and published quality of care in Flemish genera... Mehr ...