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The Impact Of Financial Incentives For Cervical Cancer Screening In Ontario's Primary Care Delivery Models, Ciara Pendrith
The Impact Of Financial Incentives For Cervical Cancer Screening In Ontario's Primary Care Delivery Models, Ciara Pendrith
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Physicians practicing in capitation-based Family Health Organizations and fee-for-service-based Family Health Groups receive bonuses for delivering preventive care, including cervical cancer screening, while those practicing in the traditional fee-for-service model do not. Financial incentives were introduced to increase Ontario’s cervical screening rate to 85%. To date, the impact of incentives for cervical screening on screening rate and cost-effectiveness have not been assessed. Patient-level data obtained from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences were used to estimate primary care model screening rates and cancer treatment costs. A microsimulation model was developed from published cervical cancer natural history models and parameterized using …