"These amounts were not gifts," said Mr. Barnett, who is the president of the Extell Development Company. "They were a prepayment for the services that were delivered".
Patients were followed at 12 or 18-month intervals, and after 3 and 6 years, respectively, they were again given the opportunity to change or to stick with their present payment scheme; prepayment or fee-for-service payment.
The Compulsory Community Health Fund (CCHF) is a monetary and annual compulsory community prepayment for health care services.
The aim of this study was to describe differences with regard to socioeconomic and lifestyle factors, as well as perceived oral health and attitudes towards oral health among patients choosing a capitation prepayment system or a fee-for-service payment system for dental care within the Public Dental Service in Region Västra Götaland, Sweden.
The policy aim was not to discourage payment for services, as prepayment mechanisms are not abolished, but rather to limit the financial barriers clients face in accessing health services by removing charges placed by government.
0 = The traditional fee-for-service scheme 1 = The prepayment scheme; i.e., the new dental insurance policy Frisktandvård ('Dental care for health').
Each risk group was linked to a fixed fee, which represented the cost for the patient to consider if they wanted to make an active choice and change from the fee-for-service payment system to the prepayment agreement.
The dependent variable indicated the patient's choice of either of the two payment schemes: 0 = The traditional fee-for-service scheme 1 = The prepayment scheme; i.e., the new dental insurance policy Frisktandvård ('Dental care for health').
An optional capitation prepayment system has been implemented in Swedish dental care, supplementary to the traditional fee-for-service scheme within the Public Dental Service.
We find that prepayment is associated with a slower increase in spending on expensive drugs and high technology services, compared to fee-for-service.
