Table 3 Payment methods for services
Capitation | Fee for service | Fee for preventive activities | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
EU Countries | ||||
BG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Bonus for physicians working in remote and disadvantageous practices |
CZ | ✓ | ✓ | Capitation (70%), fee for services (25%) regulative fee (co-payment) (5%) | |
EE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Quality bonus Remote practices (> 40 km from hospital), budget for diagnostic procedures |
HU | ✓ | Rural area bonus, age wages, population size wages, quality bonuses | ||
LT | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
PL | ✓ | ✓ | ||
RO | ✓ | |||
SK | ✓(90%) | ✓(10%) | Fee-for-service is allowed only when physician performs preventive examination, voluntary vaccination and on the home visit (those services are paid by patient out of pocket) | |
SI | ✓(50%) | ✓(50%) | ||
Non-EU Countries | ||||
HR | ✓(80%) | ✓(10%) | ✓(10%) | Preventive activities are paid when goals are reached |
ME | ✓ | ✓ | Bonus for physician depending on duration of employment | |
RU | ✓ | ✓ (in private clinics) | Additional payment from state programs' budget (e.g. tuberculosis, dermato-venerology) | |