Table 4.
Association of the reduced form typology with other related outcomes
Compensation arrangement | Incentives to increase services (from Table 3) | Visits (PCPs only) | Difference between actual and predicted income ($) | Direct patient care hours | Percent who agree that they can make clinical decisions without reducing income |
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Group 1 | 0.083 | 89.2 | −15,177 | 40.0 | 0.91 |
Employees | |||||
Fixed compensation | |||||
Group 2 | 0.160 | 107.0 | −8,236 | 42.1 | 0.88 |
Employees | |||||
Variable compensation | |||||
No incentives-or-incentives and high capitation environment | |||||
Group 3 | 0.186 | 125.4 | −6,569 | 45.8 | 0.76 |
Owners | |||||
No explicit incentives | |||||
Group 4 | 0.204 | 125.3 | 22,041 | 47.5 | 0.79 |
Owners | |||||
Incentives [describe better] | |||||
Either high capitation or low capitation incentives combs | |||||
Other than productivity only or prod +PFP only | |||||
Group 5 | 0.253 | 104.3 | −8,745 | 43.5 | 0.86 |
Employee | |||||
Variable compensation | |||||
Incentives | |||||
Low capitation | |||||
Environment | |||||
Group 6 | 0.323 | 127.5 | 20,674 | 49.7 | 0.81 |
Owners w/low capitation and productivity only or productivity + PFP only incentives |