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Copayments for doctor visits in Germany and the probability of visiting a physician : evidence from a natural experiment

Farbmacher, Helmut - 2009

The German health care reform of 2004 imposes a charge of 10 Euro for the first visit to a doctor in each quarter of the year. At first glance, there is no inhibiting effect of this fee on utilization in the German Socio-Economic Panel. However, this study reveals that the true effect is diluted...

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Grenzen des Wettbewerbs im Gesundheitswesen

Kumpmann, Ingmar (contributor) - 2008

Many health economists demand more competition in the health care system. They focus on the competition between sickness funds for insured and the competition between health care providers for contracts with sickness funds. But they neglect the competition between health care providers for...

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P4P, reputation and the reduction of costly overprovision

Kairies-Schwarz, Nadja - 2012

assume that physicians differ in their degree of altruism, enjoy being perceived as good but dislike being perceived as …

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Balance billing: the patients’ perspective

Kifmann, Mathias; Scheuer, Florian - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 14, pp. 1-14

We study the effects of "balance billing", i.e., allowing physicians to charge a fee from patients in addition to the …

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Strategic interaction in the market for physician services : the treadmill effect in a fixed budget system

Benstetter, Franz; Wambach, Achim - 2001

We examine the strategic interaction in the market for physician services when the total budget for reimbursement is fixed. We show that this prospective payment system involves { compared to a fee-for-service remuneration system { a severe coordination problem, which potentially leads to the...

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The value of socialized medicine : the impact of universal primary healthcare provision on birth and mortality rates in Turkey

Cesur, Resul; Güneş, Pınar Mine; Tekin, Erdal; … - 2015

This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as measured by age-specific birth and mortality rates, focusing on a nationwide socialized medicine program implemented in Turkey. The Family Medicine Program (FMP), launched in 2005,...

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Entry and exit of physicians in a two-tiered public/private health care system

Gächter, Martin; Schwazer, Peter; Theurl, Engelbert - 2011

and exit decisions of physicians in the private sector of the outpatient part of the Austrian health care system. We apply … - 2008. We are particularly interested in the question how public physicians (GPs/specialists) and their private counterparts … influence the entrance and exit of private physicians. We find a significantly negative effect of existing capacities, measured …

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Physician density in a two-tiered health care system

Gächter, Martin; Schwazer, Peter; Theurl, Engelbert; … - 2011

We investigate the density of private physicians in a two-tiered health care system, i.e., one with co-existing public …

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Pricing and competition in specialist medical services : an overview for South Africa

Kumar, Ankit; De Lagasnerie, Grégoire; Maiorano, Frederica - 2014

Major disparities in the cost of health care have made the pricing of specialist and hospital services a contentious issue in South Africa, particularly in the private sector. To help inform policy debate, this paper profiles selected experiences on the pricing of health services, competition...

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Health service gatekeepers

Malcomson, James - 2003

Incentive contracts for gatekeepers who control patient access to specialist medical services provide too weak incentives to investigate cost further when expected cost of treatment is greater than benefit. Making gatekeepers residual claimants with a fixed fee from which treat-ment costs must...

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