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| Title |
An economic analysis of payment for health care services: The United States and Switzerland compared
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| Published in |
International Journal of Health Economics and Management, April 2009
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10754-009-9061-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Peter Zweifel, Ming Tai-Seale |
| Abstract |
This article seeks to assess whether physician payment reforms in the United States and Switzerland were likely to attain their objectives. We first introduce basic contract theory, with the organizing principle being the degree of information asymmetry between the patient and the health care provider. Depending on the degree of information asymmetry, different forms of payment induce "appropriate" behavior. These theoretical results are then pitted against the RBRVS of the United States to find that a number of its aspects are not optimal. We then turn to Switzerland's Tarmed and find that it fails to conform with the prescriptions of economic contract theory as well. The article closes with a review of possible reforms that could do away with uniform fee schedules to improve the performance of the health care system. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 20 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 7 | 32% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 23% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 10 | 45% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 23% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 1 | 5% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 May 2011.
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