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A population-based analysis of incentive payments to primary care physicians for the care of patients with complex disease
M. Ruth Lavergne, Michael R. Law, Sandra Peterson, Scott Garrison, Jeremiah Hurley, Lucy Cheng and Kimberlyn McGrail
CMAJ October 18, 2016 188 (15) E375-E383; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.150858
M. Ruth Lavergne
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine (Lavergne, Law, Peterson, Cheng, McGrail), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Lavergne), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Department of Family Medicine (Garrison), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Economics (Hurley), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
PhDMichael R. Law
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine (Lavergne, Law, Peterson, Cheng, McGrail), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Lavergne), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Department of Family Medicine (Garrison), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Economics (Hurley), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
PhDSandra Peterson
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine (Lavergne, Law, Peterson, Cheng, McGrail), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Lavergne), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Department of Family Medicine (Garrison), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Economics (Hurley), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
MScScott Garrison
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine (Lavergne, Law, Peterson, Cheng, McGrail), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Lavergne), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Department of Family Medicine (Garrison), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Economics (Hurley), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
MD PhDJeremiah Hurley
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine (Lavergne, Law, Peterson, Cheng, McGrail), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Lavergne), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Department of Family Medicine (Garrison), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Economics (Hurley), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
PhDLucy Cheng
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine (Lavergne, Law, Peterson, Cheng, McGrail), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Lavergne), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Department of Family Medicine (Garrison), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Economics (Hurley), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
MScKimberlyn McGrail
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine (Lavergne, Law, Peterson, Cheng, McGrail), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Faculty of Health Sciences (Lavergne), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC; Department of Family Medicine (Garrison), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; Department of Economics (Hurley), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
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Online Appendices
- Appendix 1: ICD codes used to identify incentivized conditions
- Appendix 2: Segmented regression results for patients with qualifying disease prior to the study period, with and without incentives
- Appendix 3: Results of propensity-matched analysis
- Appendix 4: Segmented regression results for patients who received an incentive, with time zero set as the individual date of incentive billing
- Appendix 5: Segmented regression results among patients with diseases newly-qualifying for incentives in 2010
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M. Ruth Lavergne, Michael R. Law, Sandra Peterson, Scott Garrison, Jeremiah Hurley, Lucy Cheng, Kimberlyn McGrail
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