title: United States physician payment reform: background and comparison with the Canadian model.
abstract: This study reviews the new prospective Medicare Fee Schedule that will be used to pay United States physicians and compares it with the Canadian method of physician payment. The research basis and independent reviews of the resource-based relative value scale, and its conclusions and implications are also examined.
authors.affiliation: College of Business Administration, University of Akron, OH.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rakich
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005245:Fee Schedules / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005251:Fees, Medical; D006302:Health Services Research; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services; D016345:Medicare Part B / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics*; D015284:Physician Payment Review Commission; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D014481:United States