There is currently much international interest in principles and processes for determining which services should qualify for health insurance packages. However, there has yet been little analysis of the implications of actual deinsurance decisions made by such priority-setting exercises. This...

In an attempt to limit its health care expenditures, Ontario is, as one option, exploring the possibilities of a capitated system for service delivery payments as opposed to the present mixture of global budgets and fee-for-service. After reviewing the literatures on capitation (primarily...