Health care providers may vertically integrate not only to facilitate coordination of care, but also for strategic … health outcomes. Our findings suggest that subjecting integrated providers to higher-powered reimbursement incentives, i … health services (and other services subject to agency problems) to consider the organizational form of their suppliers when …

substantially, particularly in terms of preventive treatments, and therefore enhanced oral health. It also created a substantial …

In countries where health care is publicly provided and where equity considerations play an important role in policy … well-off in society. The present paper derives socially optimal co-payments in a simple model of health care where people …