Chen, BradleyFan, Victoria2017-12-062017Chen, Bradley, and Victoria Y. Fan. 2017. “Global Budget Payment: Proposing the CAP Framework.” Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing 53 (1): 0046958016669016. doi:10.1177/0046958016669016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0046958016669016.http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:34492487To control ever-increasing costs, global budget payment has gained attention but has unclear impacts on health care systems. We propose the CAP framework that helps navigate 3 domains of difficult design choices in global budget payment: Constraints in resources (capitation vs facility-based budgeting; hard vs soft budget constraints), Agent-principal in resource allocation (individual vs group providers in resource allocation; single vs multiple pipes), and Price adjustment. We illustrate the framework with empirical examples and draw implications for policy makers.en-USglobal budgetcost controlhealth economicscomparative health systemsprovider paymentJournal Article2017-12-0610.1177/0046958016669016