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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
doaj   +5 more sources

Characteristics of eye care practices with managed care contracts [PDF]

, 2002
Objectives: To describe the variation in practice structure, financial arrangements, and utilization and quality management systems for eye care practices with managed care contracts. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey of 88 group and 56 solo eye care
Wickstrom, Steven L., Solomon, Matthew D., Lee, Paul P., Adams, John L., Adams, John L, Mangione, Carol M, Wickstrom, Steven L, Solomon, Matthew D, Lee, Paul P, Escarce, José J, Mangione, Carol M., Kapur, Kanika, Escarce, José J.   +12 more
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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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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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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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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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What Can Providers' Motivations Tell Us About Healthcare Quality?

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agency theory suggests that variation in providers' quality of care may be explained by their heterogeneous motivations. We provide novel empirical evidence on the links between different sources of provider motivation and quality of care by combining a unique 4‐year survey dataset on Danish general practitioners' motivations with quality ...
Lucy Margaret Poole, Line Bjørnskov Pedersen, Anne Sophie Oxholm   +2 more
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Inclusion of Refugees Into National Health Systems: Enablers, Barriers and Lessons From Six Country Case Studies

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global refugee population has nearly doubled in the last decade, and many of these populations face chronic displacement, often in neighbouring countries with limited resources. Emergency, short‐term responses are being transitioned to longer term approaches, including a focus on inclusion through coverage in national health systems ...
Sophie Witter, Alastair Ager, Karin Diaconu, Zahid Ali Memon, Ben Ngoye, Natasha Palmer, Marcia Vera‐Espinoza, Amina Olabi, Hussam Rekani, Hassan Ould Moctar, Ricardo Chuquimia, Chitalu Miriam Chama‐Chiliba, Ibrahim Bou‐Orm, Maria Paola Bertone   +13 more
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