Table 1

Description of Financial Incentives for Cancer Screening Introduced for Primary Care Physicians in Ontario in 2006–2007

Cancer Screening	Patients Included in Incentive Calculation^a	Patients Excluded From Incentive Calculation	Fee Codes	Self-reported Target Achieved, %	Financial Value, $
Cervical	Enrolled women aged 35 to 69 y^b who had received a Papanicolaou test in the previous 30 mo	Women who had undergone hysterectomy	Q105	60	220
			Q106	65	440
			Q107	70	660
			Q108	75	1,320
			Q109	80	2,200
Breast	Enrolled women aged 50 to 69 y^b who had received a mammogram in the previous 30 mo	Women who had had a mastetomy or were being treated for breast cancer	Q110	55	220
			Q111	60	440
			Q112	65	770
			Q113	70	1,320
			Q114	75	2,200
Colorectal	Enrolled adults aged 50 to 74 y^b who had received a fecal occult blood test in the previous 30 mo	Adults who had colon cancer, IBD, or malignant bowel disease or had undergone colonoscopy in the previous 10 y	Q118	15	220
			Q119	20	440
			Q120	40	1,100
			Q121	50	2,200
			Q122^c	60	3,300
			Q123^c	70	4,000

IBD=inflammatory bowel disease.
↵a Physicians submit billings based on their own calculation of targets achieved.
↵b Age as of March 31st of the fiscal year code is billed.
↵c Codes introduced in 2008–2009.