New reimbursement model in Icelandic primary care in 2017: first-year comparison of public and private primary care
OBJECTIVE: To analyze and compare the effect of a new reimbursement model (based on a modified version of the Swedish free choice reform) on private and public primary care in Iceland during its first year of use. DESIGN: Descriptive comparison based on official data from the Ministry of Welfare, Di...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9397416 2023-05-15T16:51:54+02:00 New reimbursement model in Icelandic primary care in 2017: first-year comparison of public and private primary care Sigurdsson, Hedinn Gudmundsson, Kristjan G. Gestsdottir, Sunna 2022-07-19 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9397416/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35852086 https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2022.2097713 en eng Taylor & Francis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9397416/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35852086 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2022.2097713 © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC-BY Scand J Prim Health Care Original Articles Text 2022 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2022.2097713 2022-08-28T01:06:20Z OBJECTIVE: To analyze and compare the effect of a new reimbursement model (based on a modified version of the Swedish free choice reform) on private and public primary care in Iceland during its first year of use. DESIGN: Descriptive comparison based on official data from the Ministry of Welfare, Directorate of Health, and the Icelandic Health Insurance on payments in the Icelandic primary care system. SETTING: Primary care system operating in the Reykjavik capital area. Public primary care has dominated the Icelandic health sector. Both public and private primary care is financed by public taxation. SUBJECTS: Fifteen public and four private primary care centers in the capital region. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Different indexes used in the reimbursement model and public vs. private primary care costs. RESULTS: No statistically significant cost differences were found between public and private primary care centers regarding total reimbursements, reimbursements per GP, number of registered patients, or per visit. Two indexes covered over 80% of reimbursements in the model. CONCLUSION: The cost for Icelandic taxpayers was equal in numerous indexes between public and private primary care centers. Only public centers got reimbursements for the care need index, which considers a patient's social needs, strengths, and weaknesses. KEY POINTS: The Icelandic primary care system underwent a reform in 2017 to improve availability and quality. A new reimbursement model was introduced, and two new private centers opened following a tender. Two out of 14 indexes cover over 80% of total reimbursements from the new model. Only 5 primary care centers, all publicly driven, got reimbursement for the care need index, which is a social deprivation index. Reimbursement systems should mirror the policies of health authorities and empower the workforce. Text Iceland PubMed Central (PMC) Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 40 2 313 319 |
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OBJECTIVE: To analyze and compare the effect of a new reimbursement model (based on a modified version of the Swedish free choice reform) on private and public primary care in Iceland during its first year of use. DESIGN: Descriptive comparison based on official data from the Ministry of Welfare, Directorate of Health, and the Icelandic Health Insurance on payments in the Icelandic primary care system. SETTING: Primary care system operating in the Reykjavik capital area. Public primary care has dominated the Icelandic health sector. Both public and private primary care is financed by public taxation. SUBJECTS: Fifteen public and four private primary care centers in the capital region. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Different indexes used in the reimbursement model and public vs. private primary care costs. RESULTS: No statistically significant cost differences were found between public and private primary care centers regarding total reimbursements, reimbursements per GP, number of registered patients, or per visit. Two indexes covered over 80% of reimbursements in the model. CONCLUSION: The cost for Icelandic taxpayers was equal in numerous indexes between public and private primary care centers. Only public centers got reimbursements for the care need index, which considers a patient's social needs, strengths, and weaknesses. KEY POINTS: The Icelandic primary care system underwent a reform in 2017 to improve availability and quality. A new reimbursement model was introduced, and two new private centers opened following a tender. Two out of 14 indexes cover over 80% of total reimbursements from the new model. Only 5 primary care centers, all publicly driven, got reimbursement for the care need index, which is a social deprivation index. Reimbursement systems should mirror the policies of health authorities and empower the workforce. |
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