This paper focuses on the switching behaviour of enrolees in the Swiss basic health insurance system. Even though the new Federal Law on Social Health Insurance (LAMal) was implemented in 1996 to promote competition among health insurers in basic insurance, there is limited evidence of premium...

In this paper, we want to characterize the optimal health insurance contract with adverse selection and moral hazard. We assume that policyholders differ by the permanent health status loss and choose an unobservable preventive effort in order to reduce the probability of illness which is...

A partir d’une étude de l’offre de contrats d’assurance dépendance en France, on analysera les principales caractéristiques des contrats proposés (qu’ils soient individuels ou collectifs, facultatifs ou obligatoires). Les termes des contrats seront définis (niveau de dépendance...

Many policies are planned to face the increasing rate in health costs. In such circumstances and in order to reduce the pharmaceutical expenses, Tunisia adopted a reform of Health Insurance System. We study the effect of the introduction of reference pricing on pharmaceuticals’ price. In this...

This paper studies the relationship between the diffusion of innovative procedures for the treatment of heart attack and distributions of the cost and length of hospital stays. Using a sample of 5,681 stays observed in French public hospitals, we use microsimulation techniques to highlight...

Cet article étudie les coûts des hôpitaux publics français dans la perspective d'une réforme de la tarification. Des données à trois dimensions hôpital-séjour-année permettent d'identifier l'hétérogénéité non observée des hôpitaux et la composante de la variabilité du coût...

As commitment is at the core of relationship programs, the latter should share similarities with prevention programs, which are key to the health sector. A field study with a dental network show that anxiety toward illness and trust toward the practitioner are key determinants to commitment to a...