Elements of regulation inherent in most social health insurance systems are a uniform package of benefits and uniform cost sharing. Both elements risk to burden the population with a welfare loss if preferences differ. This suggests introducing more contracted choice; however, it is widely...

Discrete-choice experiments, while becoming increasingly popular, have rarely been tested for validity and reliability. This contribution purports to provide some evidence of a rather unique type. Two surveys designed to measure willingness-to-accept (WTA) for reform options in Swiss health care...

Health insurance is potentially subject to risk selection, i.e. adverse selection on the part of consumers and cream skimming on the part of insurers. Adverse selection models predict that competitive health insurers can eschew high-risk individuals by offering contracts with low deductibles or...

Elements of regulation inherent in most social health insurance systems are a uniform package of benefits and uniform cost sharing. Both elements risk to burden the population with a welfare loss if preferences differ. This suggests introducing more contracted choice; however, it is widely...

Discrete-choice experiments, while becoming increasingly popular, have rarely been tested for validity and reliability. This contribution purports to provide some evidence of a rather unique type. Two surveys designed to measure willingness-to-accept (WTA) for reform options in Swiss health care...

Health insurance is potentially subject to risk selection, i.e. adverse selection on the part of consumers and cream skimming on the part of insurers. Adverse selection models predict that competitive health insurers can eschew high-risk individuals by offering contracts with low deductibles or...

<Emphasis Type="Bold">Background: Discrete-choice experiments (DCEs), while becoming increasingly popular, have rarely been tested for validity and reliability. <Emphasis Type="Bold">Objective: To address the issues of validity and reliability of willingness-to-accept (WTA) values obtained from DCEs. In particular, to examine whether...</emphasis></emphasis>

<Emphasis Type="Bold">Background: A uniform package of benefits and uniform cost sharing are elements of regulation inherent in most social health insurance systems. Both elements risk burdening the population with a welfare loss if preferences for risk and insurance attributes differ. This suggests the introduction...</emphasis>

In an attempt to curb the continuing surge in health care expenditure, many governments either mandate or encourage managed care (MC) plans in health insurance. Since MC plans limit patient choice with regard to physicians, hospitals, drugs, and other dimensions of health care, a natural...

Background: Discrete-choice experiments (DCEs), while becoming increasingly popular, have rarely been tested for validity and reliability. Abstract: Objective: To address the issues of validity and reliability of willingness-to-accept (WTA) values obtained from DCEs. In particular, to examine...