Shift toward capitation in Ontario

Evaluation of the case mix and equity of age-sex adjusted primary care capitation payment models in Ontario, Canada

Address: 1Health System Performance Research Network, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada and 2Centre for Research on Inner City Health and Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U...

Attitudes toward drug prescription rights: a survey of Ontario chiropractors

BACKGROUND Several published surveys have shown that chiropractors are generally split in their opinions regarding the right to prescribe drugs in chiropractic practice. Many of these studies have been limited by low response rates, leaving the generalizability of their findings open to question. The aim of the current study was to ascertain the general attitudes of chiropractors in Ontario, Ca...

Capitation among Medicare beneficiaries.

CONTEXT The Medicare program has promoted capitation as a way to contain costs. About 15% of Medicare beneficiaries nationwide are currently under capitation, but tremendous regional variation exists. PRACTICE PATTERN EXAMINED The proportion of Medicare beneficiaries who have enrolled in risk-contract plans in individual states and in the 25 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. ...

The Paradigm Shift and the Evolution toward Postmodernism in C

On a Paradigm Shift in Design: Toward Constructivist Foundations

A paradigm shift has been observed across scientific, engineering, and other disciplines. While this shift also impacts design, the impact within the design profession has been rather sporadic without a clear recognition of a profound philosophical change. The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the transformation in design triggered by the emergence of new paradigms. For this, we contrast th...