Payment mechanisms and the composition of physician practices: balancing cost‐containment, access, and quality of care

V Barham, O Milliken - Health economics, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We take explicit account of the way in which the supply of physicians and patients in the
economy affects the design of physician remuneration schemes, highlighting the three‐way …

How payment systems affect physicians' provision behaviour—an experimental investigation

H Hennig-Schmidt, R Selten, D Wiesen - Journal of health economics, 2011 - Elsevier
Understanding how physicians respond to incentives from payment schemes is a central
concern in health economics research. We introduce a controlled laboratory experiment to …

How to pay family doctors: why'pay per patient'is better than fee for service

A Blomqvist, C Busby - CD Howe Institute Commentary, 2012 - papers.ssrn.com
Physician compensation accounts for about one-fifth of all Canadian healthcare spending.
But physicians' decisions, particularly those made by primary care doctors, are the conduit …

Payment heterogeneity, physician practice, and access to care

S Glied - The American Economic Review, 1998 - JSTOR
Today's health-care marketplace is characterized by a historically remarkable array of
reimbursement systems, practice rules, and insurance organizations. These different …

How to improve patient care?-An analysis of capitation, fee-for-service, and mixed payment schemes for physicians

J Brosig-Koch, H Hennig‐Schmidt… - An Analysis of …, 2013 - papers.ssrn.com
In recent health care reforms, several countries have replaced pure payment schemes for
physicians (fee-for-service, capitation) by so-called mixed payment schemes. Until now it is …

[PDF][PDF] How to improve patient care

J Brosig-Koch, H Hennig-Schmidt… - An Analysis of …, 2013 - scholar.archive.org
In recent health care reforms, several countries have replaced pure payment schemes for
physicians (fee-for-service, capitation) by so-called mixed payment schemes. Until now it is …

The impact of physician payment methods on raising the efficiency of the healthcare system: an international comparison

S Simoens, A Giuffrida - Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 2004 - Springer
This article reviews policies on physician payment methods that Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries have implemented to promote an efficient …

Operating on commission: analyzing how physician financial incentives affect surgery rates

J Shafrin - Health economics, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This paper employs a nationally representative, household‐based dataset in order to test
how the compensation method of both the specialists and the primary care providers affects …

Paying for primary care: the factors associated with physician self‐selection into payment models

D Rudoler, R Deber, J Barnsley, RH Glazier… - Health …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
To determine the factors associated with primary care physician self‐selection into different
payment models, we used a panel of eight waves of administrative data for all primary care …

Paying for primary care: a cross-sectional analysis of cost and morbidity distributions across primary care payment models in Ontario Canada

D Rudoler, A Laporte, J Barnsley, RH Glazier… - Social Science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Policy-makers desire an optimal balance of financial incentives to improve productivity and
encourage improved quality in primary care, while also avoiding issues of risk-selection …