Table 1.

Alternate Payment Plans in Canada [[25]]

Alternate Payment Plan	Description	% of total APPs in Canada	Provinces
Block Funding	Used by specialty groups in academic centres	22%	Ontario and Nova Scotia
Blended	Typically Salary plus FFS	16%	Predominantly in Quebec
Capitation	Predominantly in PCP practices	16%	Concentrated in Ontario
On-Call	On-call stipends in addition to FFS	12%	Common in most Provinces
Salary	Predominantly in rural areas	11%	Newfoundland and Labrador and Northwest Territories
Contract	Service contract related payments	11%	Concentrated in British Columbia
Sessional	Hourly payment for community physicians who work part time	8%	Most Provinces
Northern incentives	Working in rural northern communities	4%	Concentrated in Ontario and British Columbia

FFS, Fee for service; PCP, primary care physicians; APP, alternative payment plan.