It is important, therefore, to try to understand these incentives and their effect on health care delivery. With this method, the physician's best day is one in which his office is full of sick patients. Patients access to care is desirable to the physician. There is a focus on patient satisfaction. Productivity is necessary.
Competition is fostered.
It makes the patient a revenue source to be sought after. There is no accountability for cost or quality. It encourages the rapid use of new untested technologies. It may encourage the use of unnecessary services. On the other end of the spectrum is the provider level capitation reimbursement model.