Quality and quantity in primary care mixed-payment models: evidence from family health organizations in Ontario

We study the impact of a mixed capitation model (the Family Health Organization, FHO) on quality and quantity outcomes among primary care physicians in Ontario. Using a panel of administrative data covering one year before and two years after the FHO model was introduced, we find that physicians in...

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Volume:	46
Main Author:	Boris Kralj Jasmin Kantarevic
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade Academic
Place of publication:	Malden, USA Wiley-Blackwell 01.02.2013 Blackwell Publishing Inc WILEY Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
published in:	The Canadian journal of economics Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 208 - 238
Data of publication:	20130201
ISSN:	0008-4085 1540-5982
EISSN:	1540-5982
Discipline:	Economics
Bibliography:	jasmin.kantarevic@oma.org We thank two anonymous referees and participants at the 2011 Canadian Health Economics Study Group's annual meeting in London, Ontario, for useful comments. All remaining errors are ours. The views expressed in this paper are strictly those of the authors. No official endorsement by the Ontario Medical Association is intended or should be inferred. Email
Subjects:	Medical referrals Health outcomes Family health Physicians Primary health care Payment models Fees Modeling Estimators Empirical evidence I18 I10 I12 Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Models Medicine, Preventive Quality management Preventive health services Canada I18 PROPENSITY SCORE MULTITASKING I10 PROVIDER COMPETITION I12 INCENTIVES
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Knowledge Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2013 Web of Science Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS