How are population-based funding formulae for healthcare composed? A comparative analysis of seven models

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 470
• Main Authors: Penno, Erin, Gauld, Robin, Audas, Rick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 08.11.2013; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Australia; Canada; Child; Child, Preschool; Comparative analysis; Delivery of Health Care - economics; Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration; England; Ethnicity; Europe; Expenditures; Female; Funding; Geography; Government finance; Health care; Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data; Health Policy; Health Services Needs and Demand - economics; Health Services Needs and Demand - organization & administration; Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data; Healthcare Financing; Humans; Income inequality; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Information management; Male; Medical care; Medical economics; Medical law; Medical policy; Middle Aged; Models, Economic; Native peoples; Netherlands; New South Wales; New Zealand; Ontario; Population; Resource Allocation - economics; Resource Allocation - organization & administration; Scotland; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic factors; Sweden; Taxation; Young Adult; New Zealand; Netherlands; New South Wales; Sweden; England; Scotland; Ontario; Canada; Australia; Europe; Australia, New South Wales

Population-based funding formulae act as an important means of promoting equitable health funding structures. To evaluate how policy makers in different jurisdictions construct health funding formulae and build an understanding of contextual influences underpinning formula construction we carried ou...