An exploratory study of utilization fees in the Swift Current Health Region

This is an exploratory study to investigate the influence utilization fees exert on physician behavior. The research hypothesis was "Physicians uniformly charge utilization fees to all patients when the Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Program provides them with the opportunity to make such charges". The study surveyed 34.3 per cent of all physicians in private practice in the Swift Current Health Region where utilization fees have beeen in existance since 1953. Swift Current Regional physicians recorded certain sociodemographic patient and physician characteristics as well as utilization fee information on each patient visit over a one week period. Some of the findings were: physicians in the city of Swift Current were charging more patients than physicians practicing elsewhere in the Health Region; and all patients were not charged approximately one out of every three patient visits could have been charged a utilizaiton fee but were not.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Administration and Marketing

Grantor

University of Saskatchewan

Year dc:date.issued

1968

Author dc:creator

• Marshall, William Laverne

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Silversides, F. H.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Crawford, J.
• Wahn, E.V.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-03192012-143845

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:harvest.usask.ca:10388/etd-03192012-143845