ReviewGhana medical journal2016
A narrative synthesis of illustrative evidence on effects of capitation payment for primary care: lessons for Ghana and other low/middle-income countries.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Experiences of Strategic Purchasing of Healthcare in Nine Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Qualitative Review.International journal of health policy and management · 2023Pooled it
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- Does global capitation prospective payment promote integrated delivery networks? Evidence from China's compact county medical communities.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Health care provider payment reforms in African states of the Commonwealth-a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Strengthening Public Financing of Primary Healthcare in India: A Perspective.Health services insights · 2024Article
- Effect of capitation payment method on health outcomes, healthcare utilization, and referrals in Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Regaining policy attention for a health insurance capitation payment reform in Ghana: A prospective policy analysis.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Global landscape of community pharmacy services remuneration: a narrative synthesis of the literature.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2023Review
- Exploring the roles of players in strategic purchasing for healthcare in Africa-a scoping review.Health policy and planning · 2023Article
- Managing Urban Stroke Health Expenditures in China: Role of Payment Method and Hospital Level.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Article
- Using Health Systems and Policy Research to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Ghana.Global health, science and practice · 2022Article
- Is value-based payment for healthcare feasible under Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme?Health research policy and systems · 2021Article
- Why did Ghana's national health insurance capitation payment model fall off the policy agenda? A regional level policy analysis.Health policy and planning · 2021Article
- The Impact of COVID-19 on the Performance of Primary Health Care Service Providers in a Capitation Payment System: A Case Study from Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Effects of capitation payment on utilization and claims expenditure under National Health Insurance Scheme: a cross-sectional study of three regions in Ghana.Health economics review · 2018Article
- Does a provider payment method affect membership retention in a health insurance scheme? a mixed method study of Ghana's capitation payment for primary care.BMC health services research · 2018Review
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyse and synthesize available international experiences and information on the motivation for, and effects of using capitation as provider payment method in country health systems and lessons and implications for low/middle-income countries.
methodsWe did narrative review and synthesis of the literature on the effects of capitation payment on primary care.
resultsEleven articles were reviewed. Capitation payment encourages efficiency: drives down cost, serves as critical source of income for providers, promotes adherence to guidelines and policies, encourages providers to work better and give health education to patients. It, however, induces reduction in the quantity and quality of care provided and encourages skimming on inputs, underserving of patients in bad state of health, "dumping" of high risk patients and negatively affect patient-provider relationship.
conclusionThe illustrative evidence adduced from the review demonstrates that capitation payment in primary care can create positive incentives but could also elicit un-intended effects. However, due to differences in country context, policy makers in Ghana and other low/middle-income countries may only be guided by the illustrative evidence in their design of a context-specific capitation payment for primary care.
fundingNetherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP), Fellowship number: NFP-PhD.12/352.
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