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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... |
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