Patient and primary care physician characteristics associated with billing incentives for chronic diseases in British Columbia: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Incentive payments for chronic diseases in British Columbia were intended to support primary care physicians in providing more comprehensive care, but research shows that not all physicians bill incentives and not all eligible patients have them billed on their behalf. We investigated patient and physician characteristics associated with billing incentives for chronic diseases in BC.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis using linked administrative health data to examine community-based primary care physicians and patients with eligible chronic conditions in BC during 2010-2013. Descriptive analyses of patients and physicians compared 3 groups: no incentives in any of the 4 years, incentives in all 4 years, and incentives in any of the study years.

SUBMITTER: McGrail K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7207028 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature