Other studies evaluating payments to influence health behaviour found financial incentives were effective in increasing infrequent behaviours such as attending clinic appointments particularly in low-income groups, and recommended payments as being more effective than information and less restrictive than legislation.
In such settings economic evaluation may also be used to: 1) evaluate payment schemes for and budgets of health care institutions, 2) plan payment systems for health care providers, 3) evaluate cost-sharing arrangements, 4) encourage competition and 5) review utilization of medical technology [ 14].
This study evaluated Payment for Ecosystem Services PESS) implementation in a smallholder settlement in an Atlantic forest reserve in Paraguay, designed to stop and reverse deforestation due to expansion of subsistence agriculture, which was identified to be the main deforestation or forest degradation threat that may spread beyond the settlement.
The research presented here contributes to this work by using an experimental design to evaluate Payments for Ecosystem Services as a tool for supporting biodiversity conservation in the context of an African protected area.
When evaluating total payments by primary payer type, the mean payments were similar.
We will assess the progressivity of the health financing system by evaluating the payments made towards healthcare across different socioeconomic groups in relation to their ATP.
The new health care law encourages government programs to evaluate new payment systems, allocating $10 billion to develop innovations within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
General Electric said it would pay a planned 31-cent dividend to shareholders, but its chief executive, Jeffrey R. Immelt, said the board would evaluate dividend payments for the second half of the year as uncertainty grows over the economy and G.E.'s ability to maintain its top credit rating.
The cost advantage was greater when evaluating commercial insurance payments.
"From processing payments to evaluating struggling homeowners and helping them avoid foreclosures, the bottom line is to treat consumers fairly by preventing surprises and runarounds".
Citymapper is evaluating offering in-app payments via its app, too, but is betting on contactless as the more logical option.
