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Managed Care: An Industry Snapshot

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2002
Together with the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP), we surveyed health maintenance organizations (HMOs) in 1998 to characterize their basic structure and management strategies.

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Comparison of primary care models in the prevention of cardiovascular disease - a cross sectional study

BMC Family Practice, 2011
Background Primary care providers play an important role in preventing and managing cardiovascular disease. This study compared the quality of preventive cardiovascular care delivery amongst different primary care models.
Hogg William, Singh Jatinderpreet, Liddy Clare, Dahrouge Simone, Taljaard Monica   +4 more
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Ontario’s Experiment with Primary Care Reform [PDF]

The School of Public Policy Publications, 2014
For the past decade-and-a-half, the government of Ontario has been implementing sweeping reforms in an effort to improve primary health care delivery. Altering physician-compensation models is central to this initiative.
Arthur Sweetman, Gioia Buckley
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Provider preference for payment method under a national health insurance scheme: A survey of health insurance-credentialed health care providers in Ghana.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundGhana introduced capitation payment method in 2012 but was faced with resistance from provider groups and civil society organizations for its perceived negative effects on quality care delivery.
Francis-Xavier Andoh-Adjei, Eric Nsiah-Boateng, Felix Ankomah Asante, Koos van der Velden, Ernst Spaan   +4 more
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Increasing capitation in mixed remuneration schemes: Effects on service provision and process quality of care [PDF]

, 2023
Many health systems apply mixed remuneration schemes for general practitioners, but little is known about the effects on service provision of changing the relative mix of fee for services and capitation.
Skovsgaard, Christian Volmar; id_orcid, Christian Volmar Skovsgaard, Kristensen, Troels; id_orcid, Olsen, Kim Rose; id_orcid, Kim Rose Olsen, Pulleyblank, Ryan, Ryan Pulleyblank, Troels Kristensen   +7 more
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Custom-made health-care: an experimental investigation

Health Economics Review, 2020
Background Physicians’ financial interests might conflict with the best service to patients. It is essential to gain a thorough understanding of the effect of remuneration systems on physician behaviour.
Claudia Keser, Claude Montmarquette, Martin Schmidt, Cornelius Schnitzler   +3 more
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Dentists´ and Dental Hygienists´ experiences of the Capitation Contract System—the dilemma of conflicting loyalties

BDJ Open, 2022
Objective The Capitation Contract system (CCS) is a payment model adopted by the Swedish Public Dental Health Service (PDHS). Patients enrolled in the CCS are usually assessed as being at lower risk of dental disease and are more regular dental attenders
Emelie Boberg, Bengt Franzon, Annsofi Johannsen   +2 more
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Twelve years with a capitation payment system in Swedish dental care: longitudinal development of oral health

BMC Oral Health, 2021
Background Since 2007, patients receiving oral health care within the Public Dental Service in Sweden have had the possibility to choose between the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) payment system or the new capitation payment system, ‘Dental Care for ...
Charlotte Andrén Andås, Magnus Hakeberg   +1 more
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Behavioral Impact on Clinical Specialist Payment Method: A Systematic Review

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Background: With growing healthcare (HC) expenditures and limited funding, policymakers need to find new ways to provide healthcare that is affordable and fair.
Nor Izyani Bahari, Mazni Baharom, Syahidatun Najwa Abu Zahid, Faiz Daud   +3 more
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Does a provider payment method affect membership retention in a health insurance scheme? a mixed method study of Ghana’s capitation payment for primary care

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Ghana introduced a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003 applying fee-for-service method for paying NHIS-credentialed health care providers.
Francis-Xavier Andoh-Adjei, Renske van der Wal, Eric Nsiah-Boateng, Felix Ankomah Asante, Koos van der Velden, Ernst Spaan   +5 more
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