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

Boris Kralj and Jasmin Kantarevic

Canadian Journal of Economics, 2013, vol. 46, issue 1, 208-238

Abstract: 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 the FHO model provide about 6% to 7% fewer services and visits per day, but are between 7% and 11% more likely to achieve preventive care quality targets. These results suggest that the mixed capitation model with contractible quality indicators may be welfare improving relative to the FFS model.

JEL-codes: I10 I12 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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