The counterbalance may lie in the report's support for gradually ending the funding of episodic care through the Payment by Results system, and replacing it with contracts based on a 'capitated payment' which provides for the whole of a person's care.
Primary care in Ireland is funded through a mixed set of payments with the poorest 28% of the population being eligible for free primary care based on a capitation payment system (the General Medical Service (GMS) Scheme).
Ford's galactic payday is based on a $25m upfront payment – placing the 73-year-old star in the very top echelon of Hollywood earners – backed up by a 0.5% share of the film's gross earnings, which could be worth another $9m if the film hits $2bn at the global box office.
This could hit a sweet spot for the 80percentnt of car buyers that purchase a new car based on a monthly payment.
Kate Larson records the year 1822, based on a midwife payment and several other historical documents, including her runaway advertisement while Jean Humez says "the best current evidence suggests that Tubman was born in 1820, but it might have been a year or two later".
Since 1992 in Italy, hospital reimbursement has been based on a prospective payment system known as the Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) system.
Economic implications may differ according to the health care system: wasted physician time may be more relevant in countries based on a capitation payment system while financial losses may raise more concerns in health care systems based on a fee-for-service model.
The increase in the retail electricity price would be small – somewhere between 1% and 2% according to rough calculations based on a one-off payment for closure of between $400m and $1billion, shared between the remaining power generators.
For example, a five-year balloon known as a 5/25 carries monthly payments for the first five years based on a 30-year payment schedule, but when the five years are up, the entire loan balance must be paid.
