Payment methods and well-being of physicians: Dissecting the impact of alternative payment plans on equity and distress of practitioners

Presented Dr. Juan-Nicolás Peña-Sánchez , post-doctoral fellow, Saskatchewan Heath Research Foundation and Crohn’s and Colitis Canada The fee-for-service (FFS) payment system has been criticized for affecting quality of care, contributing to the fragmentation of health care, and for rising costs of health care systems. Alternative payment plans (APP) have been introduced as options to the traditional FFS. Despite the link between payment methods and behaviour of physicians that has been established, there is a lack of evidence about the impact of payment systems on well-being of physicians, specifically on their perception of professional equity and daily distress. This lecture will present a study conducted among physicians practicing in the Saskatoon Health Region which aimed to explore the effects of APP on perceptions of their professional equity and daily distress. More information: http://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/News_Events/calendar_details.php?id=512

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