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07-28-2009, 02:17 PM | #1 |
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The impact of physician bonuses, enhanced fees, and feedback on childhood vaccines...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pag...36&pageindex=1
In the United Kingdom, a populationbased bonus for physicians has been used successfully to raise immunization coverage. Under the National Health Service bonus system, physicians receive £600 per year if immunization coverage in their entire 2-year-old population is 70% and £2400 (about $900 and $3600, respectively, at the time of this study)' for 90% coverage.2 The larger bonus represents approximately 5% to 7% of an average physician's income (D. M. Salisbury, MB, FRCP, FRCPH, MFPHM, London Department of Health, written communication, May 8, 1997). This incentive, along with other interventions such as appointing immunization coordinators in every district, using computers extensively to call and recall, and distributing guidebooks on contraindications, has succeeded in raising immunization coverage levels for all antigens to the 90% goal levels.3 More at link above... |
07-28-2009, 03:37 PM | #2 |
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Re: The impact of physician bonuses, enhanced fees, and feedback on childhood vaccine
And I thought I heard the worse of it.
Unbelievable **** and you know they will have to answer for it. I would sure love to see their faces when that happens |
07-28-2009, 11:37 PM | #3 |
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Re: The impact of physician bonuses, enhanced fees, and feedback on childhood vaccine
This was posted in the American Journal of "Health" in 1999 so you can assume it has been taken up in America... maybe with bigger bonuses.
Who pays for the bonuses is what I would like to know? Well I know the answer to that without looking for it... it would just be nice to have other people believe me... and something get done about it! |
04-01-2010, 01:27 AM | #4 |
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Re: The impact of physician bonuses, enhanced fees, and feedback on childhood vaccine
I'm sure if vacines were good they wouldn't need to bribe them to administer them...
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