[eng] The Induced Demand Hypothesis: an Economic Assessment by Lise Rochaix and Stéphane Jacobzone . In health economics the induced demand hypothesis is bringing about a transformation in the way health-care demand is perceived. It posits that health-care demand does not simply reflect choice...

[fre] Asymétries d'information et incertitude en santé : les apports de la théorie des contrats . par Lise Rochaix . Le caractère imparfait, voire asymétrique, de l'information dont dispose le patient conduit à remettre en cause l'utilisation du modèle néoclassique standard et à...

[eng] Physicans' payment schemes . This paper reviews some of the results from the economic literature on physicians' payment schemes. The main objective is to offer a critical perspective on the current payment system in France and to define possible avenues of reform. To do so, useful lessons...

When evaluating new drugs or treatments eligible for reimbursement, health technology assessment (HTA) agencies are repeatedly faced with cost-effectiveness analyses that evidence lack of adequate data and modeling biases. The case of type 2 diabetes illustrates this difficulty. In spite of its...

Face aux nouveaux enjeux épidémiologiques (maladies chroniques), à l’exigence croissante en termes de qualité et d’efficience des soins ou encore les tensions de la démographie médicale, de nombreux auteurs plébiscitent un renforcement de la médecine de première ligne et des soins...

This paper analyses the potential costs and benefits from patient driven competition between GPs and specialists by comparing gate-keeping with direct access to specialist care. The two access rules are compared under fee-for-service and capitation, on their performance at minimizing both total...

"We examine provider and patient behavior in a dynamic model where effort is noncontractible, competition between providers is modeled in an explicit way and where patients' outside options are solved for in equilibrium. Physicians are characterized by an individual-specific ethical constraint...

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