… General practitioners' prescribing makes a big contribution to … had a significantly higher cost
per item than non-fundholders… and includes behaviour for all practices before fundholding …

… research into changes in per-item fees more generally failed to detect a significant impact on
service … Being recent in origin, the behavioural consequences of these latest revisions to the …

… GPFHs are lower-cost prescribers, we then develop a behavioural model, consistent … cost
of prescribed drugs, via cost per item or unit cost (UC1). We assume that the individual practice …

… But a substantial number of actions of the physicians … %) of all cases per item diagnostic or
therapeutic procedures … or hyperglycemia, despite considerable prevalence rates. We are not …

… Doctors' professional behaviour is influenced by the way they are paid. When GPs are paid
per item, ie, on a fee-… We would like to thank all the general practitioners who participated in …

… examines the effect of competition on the behaviour of Australian general practitioners. The
… GPs are paid on a fee-per-item of service basis according to the Medicare Benefits Schedule…

… has been introduced to affect GPs’ behaviour. Controversy has … are broadly: capitation fees,
target payments, per-item fees, and … (ancillary staff, costs of premises, costs of other inputs). …

… , total prescribing costs, and costs per item were expressed as a proportion of the practice's
… their prescribing behaviour, or that the only systematic difference between study and control …

… in dental practice. To support implementation Childsmile offered dental practitioners a fee-per-item …
Analysis of covariance was used to investigate FVA rates and associated behavioural …

… The costs and benefits of physicians changing their behaviour and billing can vary, leading
… use the average fee charged per item-doctor-month, the total number of claims for each item-…