%0 Report %A Kantarevic, Jasmin %A Kralj, Boris %T Physician Payment Contracts in the Presence of Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection: The Theory and its Application to Ontario %D 2015 %8 2015 Jun %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 9142 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9142 %X We develop a stylized principal-agent model with moral hazard and adverse selection to provide a unified framework for understanding some of the most salient features of the recent physician payment reform in Ontario and its impact on physician behavior. These features include: (1) physicians can choose a payment contract from a menu that includes an enhanced fee-for-service contract and a blended capitation contract; (2) the capitation rate is higher and the cost-reimbursement rate is lower in the blended capitation contract; (3) physicians sort selectively into the contracts based on their preferences; and (4) physicians in the blended capitation model provide fewer services than physicians in the enhanced fee-for-service model. %K adverse selection %K moral hazard %K physician remuneration %K Ontario