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Mixed payment systems have become a prominent alternative to paying physicians through fee-for-service and capitation … understood when introducing mixed systems. We systematically analyze the influence of fee-for-service, capitation, and mixed …-for-service and significant underprovision under capitation, though less than predicted when assuming profit-maximization. Introducing …
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-for-service (FFS) or capitation (CAP). We observe that physicians customize care in response to the payment system. A FFS patient …
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We study how competition between physicians affects the provision of medical care. In our theoretical model physicians are faced with a heterogeneous patient population, in which patients systematically vary with regard to both, their responsiveness to the provided quality of care and their...
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In this paper, we experimentally investigate the effect of public consumer ratings on market outcomes in credence goods markets. Contrary to search or experience goods, consumers cannot evaluate all dimensions of trade for credence goods, which may inhibit the information and reputation-building...
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Based on a Salop model with regulated prices, we investigate quality provision behavior of competing hospitals before and after a merger. For this, we use a controlled laboratory experiment where subjects decide on the level of treatment quality as head of a hospital. We find that the...
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This paper investigates the impact of monitoring institutions on market outcomes in health care. Health care markets are characterized by asymmetric information. Physicians have an information advantage over patients with respect to the appropriate treatment for the patient and may exploit this...
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Mixed payment systems have become a prominent alternative to paying physicians through fee-for-service and capitation … understood when introducing mixed systems. We systematically analyze the influence of fee-for-service, capitation, and mixed …-for-service and significant under-provision under capitation, though less than predicted when assuming profit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025724
This paper investigates the impact of monitoring institutions on market outcomes in health care. Health care markets are characterized by asymmetric information. Physicians have an information advantage over patients with respect to the appropriate treatment for the patient and may exploit this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012849538
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