Tatjana Prenđa Trupec, Milena Pavlova, Tetiana Chernysh, Wim Groot
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Abstract
Aim: To explore the effect of Croatia's 2013 Primary Care Payment Reform on patient care.
Methods: The performance of one rural family practitioner group practice in Breznica was assessed one year before and one year after implementation. Using an exploratory case study design with quantitative methods, we examined outcome variables linked to the new payment model. Drawing on publicly available activity reports, we conducted linear regression analyses to identify potential associations.
Results: We observed changes in most incentivized outcomes, notably increases in preventive check-ups and decreases in hospital referrals. Some indicators, such as the increase in prescribing despite financial disincentives, remain inconclusive and highlight the need for further investigation.
Conclusions: These findings are preliminary but provide valuable hypotheses for guiding more rigorous, longitudinal, and multi-site studies.
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Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ) is an international peer reviewed journal open to scientists from all fields of biomedicine and health related research.
Although CMJ welcomes all contributions that increase and expand on medical knowledge, the two areas are of the special interest: topics globally relevant for biomedicine and health and medicine in developing and emerging countries.
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