On Competition and Regulation in Health Care Systems

• Tác giả: Robert Nuscheler
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3631751671
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 362.10681 Physical illness
• Thông tin xuất bản: Bern : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2018
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (183 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 183946
• Chủ đề: 1. Health economics; 2. Political economy; 3. Welfare economics

Tóm tắt

Health care systems are under reform in many countries. This typically involves a shift towards more competition. But still, markets are highly regulated. This study analyzes competition and regulatory measures in four important fields using the modern tools of microeconomic theory and microeconometrics. The book demonstrates how price regulation interacts with the quality of care and shows that non-price competition amongst providers affects the social desirability of a gatekeeping system. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, the conventional wisdom of risk selection by German sickness funds is challenged.