The Missing Link: Why Value-Based Healthcare Needs Healthcare and Management Science to Unite Efforts; Comment on ‘Reflections on Managing the Performance of Value-Based Healthcare: A Scoping Review’

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Document Type : Commentary

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1 Martini Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands

2 Santeon, Utrecht, The Netherlands

3 Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

4 Department of value-based healthcare, St. Antonius Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Abstract

Value-based healthcare (VBHC) has emerged as a widely embraced strategy to address pressing healthcare challenges, including workforce shortages, rising healthcare costs, and inconsistent care quality. A scoping review by van Elten et al. shows that despite their expected importance of integrating VBHC with performance management systems, very few articles provide concrete examples of this integration. Drawing on existing performance management literature, the authors explore possible reasons for why VBHC practitioners and researchers have largely overlooked this topic. This commentary critically engages with their review by examining their conceptual definitions, offering alternative explanations for the apparent lack of performance management in VBHC, and suggesting directions for future interdisciplinary research. 

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 03 June 2025

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  • Received Date: 28 March 2025
  • Revised Date: 28 May 2025
  • Accepted Date: 02 June 2025
  • First Published Date: 03 June 2025

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