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Brekke, Kurt R.; Koenigbauer, Ingrid; Straume, Odd Rune - 2006

distorts drug choices most, exposing patients to higher health risks. …

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Competition and waiting times in hospital markets

Brekke, Kurt R.; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - 2007

This paper studies the impact of hospital competition on waiting times. We use a Salop-type model, with hospitals that differ in (geographical) location and, potentially, waiting time, and two types of patients; high-benefit patients who choose between neighbouring hospitals (competitive...

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Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices

Brekke, Kurt R.; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - 2009

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect of (i) introducing competition (monopoly versus competition) and (ii) increasing competition through lower transportation costs (increased substitutability) or a higher number...

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A simple model of health insurance competition

Kemnitz, Alexander - 2010

This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We … consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health … contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that contribution rate competition yields lower company profits and higher …

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Gatekeeping in health care

Brekke, Kurt R.; Nuscheler, Robert; Straume, Odd Rune - 2005

We study the competitive effects of restricting direct access to secondary care by gatekeeping, focusing on the informational role of general practitioners (GPs). In the secondary care market there are two hospitals choosing quality and specialisation. Patients, who are ex ante uninformed, can...

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Health values, preference inconsistency, and insurance demand

Wrede, Matthias - 2005

state as a point of reference and builds a model for studying the implications of this phenomenon on health insurance and on …Several empirical studies provide evidence that their actual health state affects people's attitudes towards health and … medical care in hypothetical health states. In the tradition of behavioural economics this paper considers the actual health …

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Dynamic Hospital Competition Under Rationing by Waiting Times

Sá, Luís - 2019

We develop a dynamic model of hospital competition where (i) waiting times increase if demand exceeds supply; (ii) patients choose a hospital based in part on waiting times; and (iii) hospitals incur waiting time penalties. We show that, whereas policies based on penalties will lead to lower...

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