PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ian Higginson
AU  - Henry Guly
TI  - Payment by results: a guide for emergency physicians
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2007.050906
DP  - 2007 Oct 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 710--715
VI  - 24
IP  - 10
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/24/10/710.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/24/10/710.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2007 Oct 01; 24
AB  - Payment by results is a new funding mechanism being introduced into the National Health Service. It is a key part of current health reforms and will impact significantly on the way emergency departments are financed and run. This paper aims to describe the basics of payment by results, examines how it relates to and impacts upon emergency medicine, and considers how emergency physicians can set about integrating this new system into current practice and thinking.