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Record Nr.

UNINA9910297040303321

Autore

Nuscheler Robert

Titolo

On Competition and Regulation in Health Care Systems / Kai A. Konrad, Robert Nuscheler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt a.M, : PH02, 2018

2018, c2005

ISBN

3-631-75167-2

Edizione

[First, New edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages) : , EPDF

Collana

Finanzwissenschaftliche Schriften ; ; 112.

Disciplina

362.1/068/1

Soggetti

Medical care - Finance

Competition

Medical policy

Medical economics

Economics, Medical

Healthcare Financing

Political economy

Health economics

Welfare economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Nota di contenuto

Contents: Monopoly Pricing in the Market for Vaccines - Price Regulation, Physician Density and the Quality of Care - Gatekeeping and Secondary Care Competition - Sickness Fund Competition in the German Public Health Insurance System: Evidence for Risk Selection?

Sommario/riassunto

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.