This paper estimates the price sensitivity of the quality of acute stroke care using a regression kink design. When Danish hospitals reach a production target, marginal taris for treating acute stroke patients falls by 50%{100%. This reimbursement scheme allow us to identify local average...

The majority of public hospitals in Scandinavia are reimbursed through a mixture of two prospective reimbursement schemes, block grants (a fixed amount independent of the number of patients treated) and activity-based financing (ABF). This article contributes theoretically to the existing...

When implementing a pay for performance (P4P) scheme, designers must decide to whom the nancial incentive for performance should be directed. This paper compares department level hospital reported performance on the Danish Case Management Scheme at hospitals that did and did not redistribute...

The organizing framework for this essay is an analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the Danish health system along with threats (challenges) and opportunities – a so-called SWOT-analysis. This is followed by 10 proposals (‘solutions’) to the combined set of issues.

In numerous healthcare systems, some physicians combine public hospital employment with a private practice - a phenomenon referred to as physician dual practice. Dual practice raises numerous concerns with regard to its possible negative effects on the work performance of physicians in public...

Background: Until recently, there have not been any facilities for the treatment of chronic renalfailure with dialyses in Greenland. Patients in haemodialysis had to move to Copenhagen for treatment at Rigshospitalet. Furthermore, patients in peritoneal dialysis were seen at Rigshospitalet for...

Sammenhængende patientforløb indgår og er nævnt i adskillige nationale og regionale indsatser. Skift mellem sektorer, sygehusafdelinger og behandlere giver et komplekst og sammensat forløb for patienter, hvilket også samtidigt betyder, at patienten er den eneste person der oplever dette i...

Objectives with the health care system often include equity considerations. One objective is equal treatment for equal need. In this paper we explain the sources of income-related inequality in utilization of health care services in Funen County, Denmark, by linking survey data to register based...