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Apr 3, 2019 · A new study says Ontario's access bonus system — meant to make doctors more available outside of regular hours — is rewarding doctors who are less available.
Apr 3, 2019 · Are doctors being paid more to see you less? The new system may be rewarding doctors who discourage their patients from visiting walk-in clinics in off hours instead sending them to crowded...
Jan 4, 2019 · An incentive payment called the “access bonus,” designed to encourage better access to family medicine and discourage patients from seeking care outside their family doctor’s office, may be inadvertently benefiting family doctors with lower levels of access in Ontario, according to a new study by researchers at ICES and St. Michael’s ...
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Provincial and territorial governments have relied on financial incentives for decades, according to a 2015 studywhich Mathews co-authored. These incentives vary from province to province, and they also vary based on the specific role and the need in the area. Ontario, Alberta, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and P.E.I. are the most recent provinces to a...
There are many reasons why hospitals are feeling an additional strain, causing them to shut down or forcing patients to wait for hours. Expertshave saidone of those reasons is that those without a family doctor are adding to the long waits at hospitals across the country. Last month, about 25 per cent of patients who went to the emergency rooms of ...
Health leaders, nurses and doctors have called for specific changes to address what's happening in hospitals, clinics and in family doctors' offices. Getting more health-care staff, whether that be family doctors, nurses or other workers, is essential, many said. MacLean and Warren agree that bringing in more physician assistants or nurse practitio...
ED AFAs were established to ensure 24/7 emergency department coverage. Payments primarily consist of base funding, shadow billing and additional administrative funding.
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One important component of the primary care reform in Ontario, Canada is to incentivize physicians to work \after hours" in order to improve access to core primary care services and potentially reduce visits to hospital emergency departments. Em-pirically, evidence on this link is ambiguous.
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It's like a subscription model, where doctors receive a set payment for each patient assigned to them, regardless of the number of services provided. “We found a compelling need to evaluate these models and their impact on emergency department visits – an area with little existing research.
