The ineffective, outcome-based payment structure also constrained ASHAs' work output [ 43], since some ASHAs tended to focus more on those activities which attract payment, such as provision of contraceptives and facility-based deliveries, at the expense of other essential activities such as general health promotion activities at community level [ 6, 43, 49].
RBI plans to attract more payment bank applicants by simplifying the licensing process.
Under the Government's original contract proposals, unsocial hours which attract additional payments, previously defined as hours outside 7am – 7pMondayay to Friday, would have been cut back to all hours outside 7am – 10pMondayday to Saturday.
The latter scenario is not unreasonable: it is likely that areas where the recession was stronger felt have been able to attract more payments later.
That makes it cheaper for Apple to raise the money through a bond issue, even though it will attract interest payments.
To attract new payments business from among the 100,000 merchants in the U.S. that already sell daily deals and other products through Groupon's platform, as well as those merchants who do not, Groupon is targeting lower, and sometimes no, rates.
There are also risks of unintended consequences if some diagnoses or detention status attract a higher payment, generating inappropriate incentives.
The loan notes attracted interest payments at a rate of at least 6.5%, were guaranteed by a special group bank account, and were due to be repaid in full last year.
The government had already indicated that patients with concession cards and children under 16 would attract the co-payment for only the first 10 services each year.
Plain time – the hours which attract no extra payments – would have increased from 60 hours a week to 90 hours – threatening a big pay cut for many junior doctors.
In his letter to Dr Johann Malawana, chair of the BMA junior doctors committee, Mr Hunt wrote: "I can give an assurance that nights and Sundays will continue to attract unsocial hours payments.
