the quality of care. The effect sizes depend, however, on patients’ severity of illness in that severely ill patients gain … most from capitation-based performance pay while mildly ill patients do so under a fee-for-service-based system …. Intermediately ill patients benefit from both payment systems in a similar way. Health policy implications are discussed, including a …

in reducing out of pocket (OOP) expenses on direct medical costs borne by breast carcinoma patients' household from … said patients during the services taken from the foresaid tertiary care centers.Methods: A purposive sample of 164 primary … breast carcinoma patients was recruited for data collection of this cross-sectional study. Face to face interviews and semi …