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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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Healer or gatekeeper? : physicians' role conflict when symptoms are non-verifiable
Carlsen, Benedicte; Nyborg, Karine - 2017
Although physicians are often expected to be gatekeepers to health insurance benefits such as paid sick leave, research … most physicians prefer to be good gatekeepers, all of them may trust their patients in Nash equilibrium. These ideas are … illustrated using results from focus group interviews with Norwegian primary care physicians. …
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Altruism heterogeneity and quality competition among healthcare providers
Kairies-Schwarz, Nadja - 2014
New empirical evidence shows substantial heterogeneity in the altruism of healthcare providers. Spurred by this evidence, we build a spatial quality competition model with altruism heterogeneity. We find that more altruistic healthcare providers supply relatively higher quality levels and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417198
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Health Care Evaluation, Utilitarianism and Distortionary Taxes
Calcott, Paul - 2010
Cost Utility Analysis (CUA) and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) are methods to evaluate allocations of health care resources. Problems are raised for both methods when income taxes do not meet the first best optimum. This paper explores the implications of three ways that taxes may fall short of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149101
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Altruism Heterogeneity and Quality Competition Among Healthcare Providers
Kairies-Schwarz, Nadja - 2015
New empirical evidence shows substantial heterogeneity in the altruism of healthcare providers. Spurred by this evidence, we build a spatial quality competition model with altruism heterogeneity. We find that more altruistic healthcare providers supply relatively higher quality levels and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013028657
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Ökonomische Analyse der Arzt-Patient-Beziehung : theoretische Modellierung und empirische Ergebnisse
Schneider, Udo - 2001
The paper reviews models of the physician-patient relationship to derive testable hypotheses about the relation between health, demand for medical services and patient's compliance. The models imply that in addition to existing information asymmetries the actions that physician and patient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010485435
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Ökonomische Analyse der Arzt-Patient-Beziehung : theoretische Modellierung und empirische Ergebnisse
Schneider, Udo - 2001
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Ärztliche Leistung und Compliance des Patienten : der Fall des Double Moral Hazard
Schneider, Udo - 1999
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010485441
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Chapter 22 Economics of general practice
Scott, Anthony - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 1, part B, (pp. 1175-1200). 2000
General (or family) practice and its role within primary care is increasingly regarded as the key to achieving efficiency and equity in many health care systems. This is particularly relevant where general practitioners (GPs) act as gatekeepers to specialist care. This chapter outlines the main...
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Ärztliche Leistung und Compliance des Patienten : der Fall des Double Moral Hazard
Schneider, Udo - 1999
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