Question

8.Which statement is FALSE about changing the unit of payment?

		More aggregate units of payment tend to shift financial risk to providers of care.
		The more aggregated the unit of payment, the less predictable the quantity tends to be.
		In Germany was introduced global budgeting, called expenditure caps, for physician payment.
		It’s difficult to isolate the specific effects of changing the unit of payment.
		In the United States, the Medicare program adopted a less- stringent version of an expenditure cap for physician fees, known as the “sustainable growth rate”.

Answer 1

In Germany was introduced global budgeting, called expenditure caps, for physician payment.

Expenditure caps were introduced earlier in 1987, whereas global budgeting was introduced in 1993.