Die Verbreitung von Hausarztmodellen in der GKV ist gering, obwohl Krankenkassen spätestens seit der Gesundheitsreform 2000 Hausarztmodelle in der GKV anbieten können. Praktisch umgesetzt wurde nur eine Pilotstudie für ein AOK-Hausarztmodell in Hessen. Aufgrund der kleinen Fallzahlen der...

The relationship between physician and patient has been discussed intensively in the literature. Nevertheless, they neglect the fact that the production of health not only depends on the medical services supplied by the physician but is also influenced by the patient's compliance. We present a...

Advances in the field of economics and psychology have contributed greatly to the understanding of the supply of information when it affects the emotions and consequently the decisions made by two parties. Yet, these studies assume that the parties have identical utilities. In this article,...