Ontario primary care models: a descriptive study
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Ontario primary care models: a descriptive study.
BACKGROUND Between 2001 and 2006, the Ontario government introduced a menu of new primary care models, with elements such as patient enrolment and minimum group sizes, and various combinations of fee-for-service, capitation, pay-for-performance and salary. From the statistical perspective of physicians, as opposed to patients, we looked at the distribution of physician characteristics, group si...
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عنوان ژورنال: CMAJ Open
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2291-0026
DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20160069