Dalen, Dag Morten; Moen, Espen R; Riis, Christian - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
In this paper we propose a simple, market based mechanism to set prices in health care markets, namely a system where the patients are auctioned out to the hospitals. Our aim is to characterize principles as to how such an auction should be designed. In the case of elective treatment, health...