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We investigated the impact of a change in payment methods on clinical activity and the quality of care provided.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>A difference\u2010in\u2010difference (DiD) evaluation was applied to clinical activity data from pilot NHS dental practices in Northern Ireland compared to matched control NHS practices and applied to a questionnaire survey of patient\u2010rated outcomes of health outcomes and care quality. We estimated the impact on access to care, treatment activity levels, practice finances and patient\u2010rated outcomes of care of a change from FFS to a capitation\u2010based system for 1\u00a0year, as well as the impact of a reversion back to FFS at the end of the pilot period.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The monthly number of registered patients in the pilot practices increased more than the control practices during the capitation period, by 1.5 registrations per 1000 registered patients. The monthly reductions in the volumes of all treatments in the pilot practices during the capitation period were much larger than the control practices, with 175 fewer treatment items. All measures rapidly returned to baseline levels following reversion from capitation back to FFS. NHS income per month increased in pilot practices, by \u00a35920 per month (calculated on FFS item cost basis) more than controls in the capitation period. The analysis of patient questionnaires suggest found that patients notice differences only in waiting times, skill\u2010mix and number of radiographs, but not on other measures of healthcare process and quality.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>General dental practitioners working in the NHS respond rapidly and consistently to changes in provider payment methods. A move from FFS to a capitation\u2010based system had little impact on access to care, but did produce large reductions in clinical activity and patient charge income. Patients noticed little change in the service they received. This shows that changes in remuneration contracts have the potential to meet policy goals, such as meeting the expectations of patients within a predictable cost envelope. However, it is unlikely that all policy goals can be met simply by changing payment methods. 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