Effects of Mixed Provider Payment Systems and Aligned Cost Sharing Practices on Expenditure Growth Management, Efficiency, and Equity: a Structured Review of the Literature

A structured literature review was conducted to synthesize the evidence on how purposively aligned mixed provider payment systems affect health expenditure growth management, efficiency, and equity in access to services with a particular focus on coordinated and/or integrated care management.

Publication Year:

2018

Publisher

BMC Health Services Research, vol. 18, no. 1, 2018, doi:10.1186/s12913-018-3779-1.

Author:

Feldhaus, Isabelle, and Inke Mathauer.
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