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Ryan Campbell from RAPt on hidden costs of payment by results

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In this latest in a series of short video interviews on payment by results, Ryan Campbell from RAPt gives his views on PbR and drug recovery.

Ryan is open-minded about payment by results.

However he  cautions that PbR schemes must achieve much better outcomes to compensate for their sizeable hidden costs inherent in the new approach.

 

 

 

Do you think we have failed to factor in the cost to commissioners and providers of PbR commissioning?

Please comment below.

 

You can see all the video interviews in this series with a wide range of viewpoints pro and con PbR from different perspectives here.

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