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BC Hospitals: Examination and Assessment of Payment Reform

December 16, 2013

Monthly analyses on the impact of the introduction of activity-based funding (ABF) on health services in BC.

Trafford Crump to speak on Valuing Elective Surgery with PROMs

November 19, 2013

Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Value Elective Surgery: Experience from the Field: Attend the seminar in person or online on Nov. 22nd at noon (Calgary time).

New article in Health Policy on pay-for-performance

November 18, 2013

British Columbia’s pay-for-performance experiment: Part of the solution to reduce emergency department crowding?

October Data Bulletin: Nursing-Sensitive Adverse Events

October 31, 2013

The October 2013 Data Bulletin examines the effect of the introduction of activity-based funding in BC on hospital quality, as measured by nursing-sensitive adverse events.

Subscribe to our monthly Data Bulletins to follow our ongoing investigation of the effects of the introduction of activity-based funding in BC.

Program available for ABF-focused conference in Toronto in January

October 25, 2013

The IIR Healthcare Conference Series is hosting an activity based funding conference in Toronto on Jan. 29-30, 2014. Jason Sutherland will be speaking.

Op-ed: Alberta’s new pay model for long-term care a step in the right direction

October 23, 2013

Trafford Crump and Erik Hellsten have published an op-ed in the Globe & Mail that argues that waits for long-term care beds in Alberta should improve, given the implementation of a new patient/care-based funding model.

New issue of Health Care Funding News

October 15, 2013

The October 2013 issue of Health Care Funding News explores pay-for-performance funding policies and considers the implications of using patient-reported outcomes as quality measures in pay-for-performance initiatives.

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Systematic review of ABF in hospitals

October 9, 2013

A group of Canadian researchers (not affiliated with this website) are embarking upon a systematic review of activity-based funding in hospitals. They have published a prelude in Open Medicine.

New analysis on long-term care funding in Alberta

October 9, 2013

In September 2013 we released a report called “The Alberta Health Services Patient/Care-Based Funding Model for Long Term Care: A Review and Analysis.” This report evaluates long-term care funding in Alberta. Creating an environment that provides cost-efficient, accessible and high quality LTC is a key objective for Alberta Health Services (AHS). Read more

Paying for Health Care in the 21st Century: Hospitals and Beyond

September 27, 2013

Listen to Jason Sutherland speak about hospital funding models in the IHSPR Policy Rounds webinar on Oct. 7 at 9:00am PST.