Enhanced fee-for-service model and physician productivity: evidence from Family Health Groups in Ontario
J Kantarevic, B Kralj, D Weinkauf - Journal of health economics, 2011 - Elsevier
We study an enhanced fee-for-service model for primary care physicians in the Family Health
Groups (FHG) in Ontario, Canada. In contrast to the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model, …
Groups (FHG) in Ontario, Canada. In contrast to the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model, …
Antidepressant prescribing in community cancer care
…, M Thompson, G Whitney, K Hotz, B Kralj… - Supportive care in …, 2003 - Springer
Goals To describe patterns of antidepressant (ADs) prescribing in community oncology
practice. Patients and methods Data were collected using an electronic medical record on all …
practice. Patients and methods Data were collected using an electronic medical record on all …
Quality and quantity in primary care mixed‐payment models: evidence from family health organizations in Ontario
B Kralj, J Kantarevic - Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We study the impact of a mixed capitation model (the Family Health Organization, FHO) on
quality and quantity outcomes among primary care physicians in Ontario. Using a panel of …
quality and quantity outcomes among primary care physicians in Ontario. Using a panel of …
Link between pay for performance incentives and physician payment mechanisms: evidence from the diabetes management incentive in Ontario
J Kantarevic, B Kralj - Health economics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Pay for performance (P4P) incentives for physicians are generally designed as additional
payments that can be paired with any existing payment mechanism such as a salary, fee‐for‐…
payments that can be paired with any existing payment mechanism such as a salary, fee‐for‐…
Measuring rurality-RIO 2008_BASIC
B Kralj - 2009 - policycommons.net
The Rurality Index for Ontario (RIO) was originally developed in 1999-2000. Given the wide
and growing use of RIO and the availability of more recent information, the Ontario Medical …
and growing use of RIO and the availability of more recent information, the Ontario Medical …
Physician communication skills: Results of a survey of general/family practitioners in Newfoundland
FD Ashbury, DC Iverson, B Kralj - Medical Education Online, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To describe the attitudes related to communication skills, confidence in using
communication skills, and use of communication skills during the physician-patient encounter …
communication skills, and use of communication skills during the physician-patient encounter …
Employer responses to workers' compensation insurance experience rating
B Kralj - Relations industrielles, 1994 - erudit.org
This paper investigates the impact of an Insurance premium experience rating mechanism
that is designed to induce firms to reduce the incidence of workplace accidents and accident …
that is designed to induce firms to reduce the incidence of workplace accidents and accident …
Physician payment contracts in the presence of moral hazard and adverse selection: the theory and its application in Ontario
J Kantarevic, B Kralj - Health economics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We develop a stylized principal–agent model with moral hazard and adverse selection to
provide a unified framework for understanding some of the most salient features of the recent …
provide a unified framework for understanding some of the most salient features of the recent …
Modeling the risk of an emerging pathogen entering the Canadian blood supply
BACKGROUND: As part of its risk management process, Canadian Blood Services (CBS)
constructed mathematical models of how newly emerging pathogens might affect blood …
constructed mathematical models of how newly emerging pathogens might affect blood …
Physician workforce planning in Canada: the importance of accounting for population aging and changing physician hours of work
R Islam, B Kralj, A Sweetman - CMAJ, 2023 - Can Med Assoc
• Although Canada’s absolute physiciantopopulation ratio has increased and is at an historic
high, reports of physician shortages and inadequate patient access to physicians abound.• …
high, reports of physician shortages and inadequate patient access to physicians abound.• …