Deprivation payments.

General practice deprivation payments: are rural practices disadvantaged?

The use of the Jarman under privileged area (UPA) scoring system as a means of remunerating general practitioners (GPs) for the additional workload associated with deprivation has been the subject of much debate and criticism. GPs who are based in rural practices often fail to attract any deprivation payments and are particularly aggrieved. They criticise the UPA system for being more sensitive...

General practitioner deprivation payments in Northern Ireland: is the current system equitable?

The allocation of General practitioners deprivation payments has been a contentious issue since it was first proposed. This paper examines the method of allocation of such payments in Northern Ireland. A more equitable system would be based on enumeration districts, have a lower Jarman score and a closer relationship between Jarman score and remuneration. Unlike other parts of the UK these chan...

Micro-payments Based on Ikp Micro-payments Based on Ikp

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The Economics of Payments

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State-level Direct Payments