title: Reimbursement for critical care services in India.
abstract: There are significant variations in critical care practices, costs, and reimbursements in various countries. Of note, there is a paucity of reliable information on remuneration and reimbursement models for intensivists in India. This review article aims to analyze the existing reimbursement models in United States and United Kingdom and propose a frame-work model that may be applicable in India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford and Honorary Specialist, Registrar in Anesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, Oxford Post Graduate Medical and Dental Education, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Raja
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jayaram
authors.forename: Nagarajan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
keywords: Compensation; critical care; fee-for-service; health-care resource groups; intensive-care unit; intensivists; pay for performance; pay-for-volume; payment-by-results; reimbursement; third party administrators