Healthcare Resources Matrix



Healthcare Resources Matrix

Capitation (or risk adjustment) systems are widely used throughout the developed world (see the review by Rice and Smith in ACRA (1999) 09) and the driving force behind most of them is the need to control expenditure. Their general purpose is to devolve health care responsibilities from a central funder (national government in the UK) to health care 'plans' organised geographically (as in the UK), or as sickness funds (e.g. Germany) or as insurance pools (e.g. USA). Each 'plan' is intended to provide for the needs of the population it serves within a pre-set budget for ...