Blog Banrep: Payments for Healthcare Services and Incentives by Providers
This new entry states, among other things, that the payment scheme to be adopted affects the decisions of healthcare service providers regarding treatment of their users.
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A health system reform is currently being discussed which proposes that payment to Healthcare Service Providers (IPS in Spanish) be made directly by a public entity, the Administrator of Resources of the General System of Social Security in Health (ADRES in Spanish), based on fee schedules per service. Apart from other implications of the proposal, it is essential to note that the payment scheme to be adopted affects the decisions of healthcare service providers regarding the treatments for their users. These decisions also have an impact on patients' health outcomes and the costs of the system.
