Recent healthcare reforms have sought to increase efficiency by introducing managed care (MC) while respecting consumer preferences by admitting choice between MC and conventional care. This article proposes an institutional change designed to let German consumers choose between the two settings...

In dem vorliegenden dritten Band der Reihe "DIBOGS-Beiträge zur Gesundheitsökonomie und Sozialpolitik" wird ein breites Spektrum an gesundheitsökonomischen und gesundheitspolitischen Themen diskutiert und der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Die Beiträge sollen tiefer gehende...

To equalize differences in health plan premiums due to differences in risk pools, the German legislature introduced a simple Risk Adjustment Scheme (RAS) based on age, gender and disability status in 1994. In addition, effective 1996, consumers gained the freedom to choose among hundreds of...