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Table 1 Data source and health care organization characteristics related to GP revenue.

From: Income development of General Practitioners in eight European countries from 1975 to 2005

 

Data sources

Health care organization characteristics

Country

Revenue/income

Practice costs

Remuneration system

Gate-keeping

Belgium

Interest group

Interest group

Fee-for-service

No

Denmark

Interest group and government agency

Interest group and government agency

Fee-for-service

Yes

Finland

WHO (2000) and independent organization

-

Mainly salary, some additional fee-for-service and capitation fee

Yes

France

Government agency

Tax office

Fee-for-service

No

Germany

Independent organization

Independent organization

Fee-for-service

No

Netherlands

Interest group

National statistics office (based on tax data)

Capitation and fee-for-service1)

Yes

Sweden

Interest group

-

Salary

No

U.K.

Independent organization (1995, 2000), government agency (2005)

Independent organization (1995, 2000), government agency (2005)

Capitation, since 2004 additional quality related payments

Yes

  1. 1) The remuneration of GPs in The Netherlands is a combination of a capitation fee for the publicly insured patients (about 2/3 of the annual revenues) and a fee-for-service for the privately insured patients (about 1/3 of the total revenues). Since the share of fee-for-service is substantial, the Netherlands is characterized in the analyses as a fee-for-service country