| Domain of the Conceptual Model | Specific Variable |
|---|---|
| Financial Characteristics of Incentive | Recipient: individual provider vs. provider group |
| Revenue potential: magnitude of the financial incentive | |
| Revenue potential: incentive as a proportion of total income | |
| Impact on cost: direct costs and opportunity costs of complying | |
| Nonfinancial Characteristics of Incentive | Perceived attainability: how easy/difficult it is to accomplish the task of the incentive |
| Performance domain measured: structure, process, outcome | |
| Predisposing Factors | Financial characteristics of the environment: proportion of income from: fee for service, salary, capitation |
| Financial characteristics of the environment: number of other financial incentives in place | |
| Provider characteristics: demographics, specialty, and other immutable factors | |
| Provider characteristics: workload, proportion of patients if service where incentive relevant | |
| Market characteristics: community initiatives or performance standards | |
| Enabling Factors | Organizational characteristics: size, type of practice, specialty, etc. |
| Organizational characteristics: capabilities such as information systems, use of guidelines and feedback, etc. | |
| Organizational characteristics: leadership, culture, etc. | |
| Patient characteristics: demographics and other immutable factors | |
| Patient characteristics: type of insurance, benefits structure | |
From: 2, Methods for Literature Search
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