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From: A pain relieving reimbursement program? Effects of a value-based reimbursement program on patient reported outcome measures

Fig. 1

Illustration of the value-based reimbursement program used in elective spine surgery in Region Stockholm (STHLM-VBRP), Sweden. The timeline corresponds to the care episode of 1 year, starting with the surgery. The healthcare provider receives a prospective payment when the surgery is registered. The provider performing the surgery has a cost responsibility for all healthcare utilization related to the spine surgery during the care episode. The prospective payment is adjusted for patient characteristics and includes the bundled payment and the expected performance-based payment (P4P) related to Global Assessment (GA). One year after surgery is the performance-based payment adjusted based on the actual outcome of GA

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