Huck, Steffen; Lünser, Gabriele; Spitzer, Florian; … - Abteilung "Ökonomik des Wandels", Wissenschaftszentrum … - 2014
stylized way, we study the effects of medical insurance and competition in the guise of free choice of physician. Medical treat … physicians overtreat more often than in the baseline condition. Competition decreases overtreatment compared to the baseline and … patients therefore consult more often. When the two institutions are combined, competition is found to partially offset the …