Provider Behavior Under Global Budgeting and Policy Responses

• Main Authors: Chao-Kai Chang MD, PhD (Author), Sudha Xirasagar MBBS, PhD (Author), Brian Chen JD, PhD (Author), James R. Hussey PhD (Author), I-Jong Wang MD, PhD (Author), Jen-Chieh Chen PhD (Author), Ie-Bin Lian PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Third-party payer systems are consistently associated with health care cost escalation. Taiwan's single-payer, universal coverage National Health Insurance (NHI) adopted global budgeting (GB) to achieve cost control. This study captures ophthalmologists' response to GB, specifically servic...