Enhanced fee-for-service model and physician productivity: evidence from Family Health Groups in Ontario
J Kantarevic, B Kralj, D Weinkauf - Journal of health economics, 2011 - Elsevier
We study an enhanced fee-for-service model for primary care physicians in the Family Health
Groups (FHG) in Ontario, Canada. In contrast to the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model, …
Groups (FHG) in Ontario, Canada. In contrast to the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model, …
Quality and quantity in primary care mixed‐payment models: evidence from family health organizations in Ontario
B Kralj, J Kantarevic - Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We study the impact of a mixed capitation model (the Family Health Organization, FHO) on
quality and quantity outcomes among primary care physicians in Ontario. Using a panel of …
quality and quantity outcomes among primary care physicians in Ontario. Using a panel of …
Antidepressant prescribing in community cancer care
…, M Thompson, G Whitney, K Hotz, B Kralj… - Supportive care in …, 2003 - Springer
Goals To describe patterns of antidepressant (ADs) prescribing in community oncology
practice. Patients and methods Data were collected using an electronic medical record on all …
practice. Patients and methods Data were collected using an electronic medical record on all …
Link between pay for performance incentives and physician payment mechanisms: evidence from the diabetes management incentive in Ontario
J Kantarevic, B Kralj - Health economics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Pay for performance (P4P) incentives for physicians are generally designed as additional
payments that can be paired with any existing payment mechanism such as a salary, fee‐for‐…
payments that can be paired with any existing payment mechanism such as a salary, fee‐for‐…
Physician communication skills: Results of a survey of general/family practitioners in Newfoundland
FD Ashbury, DC Iverson, B Kralj - Medical Education Online, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To describe the attitudes related to communication skills, confidence in using
communication skills, and use of communication skills during the physician-patient encounter …
communication skills, and use of communication skills during the physician-patient encounter …
The gender earnings gap in medicine: Evidence from Canada
Despite the gender gap in physician earnings being of concern to many in Canada, its
existence is far from universally accepted and there are no studies covering all physicians/regions …
existence is far from universally accepted and there are no studies covering all physicians/regions …
Measuring rurality-RIO 2008_BASIC
B Kralj - 2009 - policycommons.net
The Rurality Index for Ontario (RIO) was originally developed in 1999-2000. Given the wide
and growing use of RIO and the availability of more recent information, the Ontario Medical …
and growing use of RIO and the availability of more recent information, the Ontario Medical …
Physician payment contracts in the presence of moral hazard and adverse selection: the theory and its application in Ontario
J Kantarevic, B Kralj - Health economics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We develop a stylized principal–agent model with moral hazard and adverse selection to
provide a unified framework for understanding some of the most salient features of the recent …
provide a unified framework for understanding some of the most salient features of the recent …
Employer responses to workers' compensation insurance experience rating
B Kralj - Relations industrielles, 1994 - erudit.org
This paper investigates the impact of an Insurance premium experience rating mechanism
that is designed to induce firms to reduce the incidence of workplace accidents and accident …
that is designed to induce firms to reduce the incidence of workplace accidents and accident …
Modeling the risk of an emerging pathogen entering the Canadian blood supply
BACKGROUND: As part of its risk management process, Canadian Blood Services (CBS)
constructed mathematical models of how newly emerging pathogens might affect blood …
constructed mathematical models of how newly emerging pathogens might affect blood …