Needs-based health care funding: implications for resource distribution in Ontario

Needs{Based Health Care Funding: Implications for Resource Distribution in Ontario

Capitation models have been suggested as an alternative to funding methods based on historical utilization patterns. Capitation funding distributes resources to regions or programs according to their population, adjusted for the age and gender composition and relative need. The most commonly used relative needs measure is the Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR). This paper compares the distribut...

Discrepancies in health care funding for individuals with special needs.

Health care funding in New South Wales: from health care needs to hospital outputs.

This paper summarises the structure of the State's health care system, and then focuses on the main processes of resource allocation: needs-based funding of 17 Area Health Services, and output-based funding of specific service providers. The general model is widely accepted by informed observers to be fundamentally sound. In particular, the resource distribution formula whereby needs-based allo...

ABC for health: funding medical home services for Wisconsin children with special health care needs.

Medical home services for families with children with special health care needs can provide needed help for families struggling to gain access to coverage and needed services. Wisconsin, through Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Services, has an opportunity to provide this important and necessary service.

Unmet dental care needs among children with special health care needs: implications for the medical home.

BACKGROUND Little is known about the characteristics of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) who have unmet dental care needs. OBJECTIVE We sought to describe the magnitude of unmet needs for dental care among CSHCN and to characterize those with unmet dental care needs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS We used data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs...