Capitation and enhanced fee-for-service models for primary care reform: A population-based evaluation

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Glazier, Richard H ^a,b,c   Klein Geltink, Julie ^a   Kopp, Alexander ^a   Sibley, Lyn M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAPITATION FEE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67049095902     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.081316     Document Type: Article

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