Access intervention in an integrated, prepaid group practice: effects on primary care physician productivity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the joint effect of a multifaceted access intervention on primary care physician (PCP) productivity in a large, integrated prepaid group practice.

Data sources

Administrative records of physician characteristics, compensation and full-time equivalent (FTE) data, linked to enrollee utilization and cost information.

Study design

Dependent measures per quarter per FTE were office visits, work relative value units (WRVUs), WRVUs per visit, panel size, and total cost per member per quarter (PMPQ), for PCPs employed >0.25 FTE. General estimating equation regression models were included provider and enrollee characteristics.

Principal findings

Panel size and RVUs per visit rose, while visits per FTE and PMPQ cost declined significantly between ba

SUBMITTER: Conrad D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2654163 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature