Background: We evaluated a large-scale transition of primary care physicians to blended
capitation models and team-based care in Ontario, Canada, to understand the effect of each …

Background We aimed to synthesize the evidence of a causal effect and draw inferences
about whether Canadian primary care reforms improved health system performance based …

Team-based primary care offers a wide range of health services to patients by using
interdisciplinary health care providers committed to delivering comprehensive, coordinated …

Capitated payments in the form of fixed monthly payments to cover all of the costs
associated with delivering primary care could encourage primary care practices to transform …

Policy-makers desire an optimal balance of financial incentives to improve productivity and
encourage improved quality in primary care, while also avoiding issues of risk-selection …

Background The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between newly
introduced primary care models in Ontario, Canada, and patients' primary care and total …

Objective: To test the hypothesis that capitation payment to physicians reduces the length of
physician-patient encounters but increases use of preventive and health counseling …

OBJECTIVE—The purpose of this study was to determine whether multidisciplinary team-
based care guided by the chronic care model can reduce medical payments and improve …

Background: Primary care reform in Ontario, Canada, included the initiation of a blended
capitation model in 2001–2002 and an enhanced fee-for-service model in 2003. Both …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To determine primary care physician screening, treatment, and
control rates for hypertension and to examine whether type of physician payment model …