If the key interest is however in the absolute rate or volume for service planning use, the total service volume derived from survey estimates would need to be grossed up pro rata according to the degree of net under-reporting, as a crude measure to correct for such recall error.
This low-cost, high volume, fee-for-service business model, is designed to allow patients to receive frequent affordable care without reliance on subsidies or practitioner volunteerism.
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The objective of this study was to ascertain unit costs and distribution of expenditures at contracted out RHCs in remote rural settings for the actual volumes of MNH services provided in year 2011, and for the estimated higher volumes of services needed by the catchment population.
This system contributed to the high volume of services for patients who seemingly had minor or negligible histories of alcohol and drug abuse, investigators wrote.
Using robust longitudinal techniques, our research demonstrated that the KCC-IDI HIV/AIDS projects were able to increase the volume of services provided for HIV, as well as for many non-HIV health services that the project did not specifically target.
The proposal represents a broad national push away from the traditional model of rewarding doctors for the volume of services they order, a system that has been criticized for promoting unnecessary treatment.
Mr. Mead said the campaign also stressed the need for health care providers to shift to a model known as "accountable care," which shifts their reimbursement models for health care professionals from being paid for the volume of services they perform to being paid based on the outcomes of patient care.
The majority of providers from all three networks said that their client volumes for family planning services had increased since joining the franchise, which most attributed to the expanded services that they were able to offer after being trained.
To the Editor: We agree that our nation's health care system, which rewards physicians for the volume of services and not quality of care, fails to promote best practices for physicians.
