We present a model of optimal contracting between a purchaser and a provider of health services when quality has two … dimensions. We assume that one dimension of quality is contractible (dimension 1) and one dimension is not contractible … quality 1 increases or decreases the marginal cost and marginal bene?t of quality 2 (i.e. substitutability or complementarity …

general taxation. GPs are horizontally and vertically differentiated and compete via their imperfect observed quality. We … focus on the way in which patient uncertainty and switching costs interact and the implications for GP's choice of quality …. We show that for any given capitation fee quality is lower and the incentive effects of the fee on quality are smaller …

this Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) by analysing annual rates of recording of blood pressure, smoking status …

We investigate the effect of competition on quality in regulated markets (e.g., health care, higher education, public … utilities) taking a di¤erential game approach, in which quality is a stock variable. Using a Hotelling framework, we derive the … the marginal provision cost is increasing, investment and quality are lower in the closed-loop solution: in fact, quality …

improve quality is that providers will face higher demand if they improve their quality. In this paper we test this crucial … assumption in an important part of the health care market by examining whether quality affects the choice of family doctor. We … the determinants of choice and, in particular, whether quality affects choice. The English setting is a particularly …