In this study we develop a methodology for calculating a capitation rate for a Comprehensive Health Organization (CHO). We apply the methodology to the population served by the proposed Fort Frances CHO. The methods of calculating capitation rates used currently by the Ontario Ministry of Health...

Increasing attention is being paid to the non-health-care influences on population health status. Policy recommendations and emerging from this interest have tended to focus on providing equal opportunity to attain good health. In this sense policies have tended to be ‘enabling’ with little...