A Scoping Review Investigating the Use of Outcome-based Models to Improve Healthcare Outcomes and Reduce Healthcare Spending

Outcome-based models (OBMs) guarantee quality outcomes through pay-for-performance mechanisms. This article considers OBMs to reduce healthcare spending and improve healthcare outputs by conducting a scoping review (SR) of literature surrounding this topic. The set of articles considered was visualised and analysed through Bibliometrix and full-text reading. Key findings from the review include the growth of the topic in the last five years and the need for further research on contract agreements, cost/risk-sharing, measurement of outcomes, types of OBMs, and guiding conceptual frameworks.