Incentives in Health Systems

This volume contains selected papers from the First European Conference on Health Economics, held in Barcelona on 19-21 September 1989. The meeting was organized by the Spanish Health Economics Association (AES) and chaired by L. Bohigas. The following groups participated: the English Health Economi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lopez-Casasnovas, Guillem (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
Series:Health Systems Research
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Incentives in Health Systems: Introduction and Outline
  • I: Policy Issues
  • Incentives: For What? For Whom? What Kind?
  • Incentives, Ethics and Clinical Freedom
  • Provider Behaviour in Health Care: Some Notes on Theory
  • Incentive Contracts
  • Incentives for Healthy Consumer Behaviour and Intersectorial Measures for Health Targets
  • Reflections on Incentives and Health System Reform
  • II: Research on Health System Incentives
  • Theoretical Developments
  • Fee-for-Service and Quantity Rationing in the Physician Services Market
  • Coexistence of Private and Public Health Care: Some Implications for Demand and Resource Allocation
  • Distribution Effects of Coinsurance Options in Social Health Insurance Systems
  • Health Insurance Reforms and Incentives in the Netherlands
  • Equity in the Finance of Health Care: Effects of the Dutch Health Insurance Reform
  • Incentives to be Healthy: An Economic Model of Health-Related Behaviour
  • Case Studies
  • Drug Price Information and Cost-Consciousness of Physicians: Results of a Survey of Belgian General Practitioners
  • Joint Price and Quantity Regulation in the Market for Physicians’ Services: The Quebec Experiment
  • Redefining Incentives in Primary Medical Care: The Finnish Demonstration Project
  • Hospital Financing in Spain: Incentives and Equity
  • Prevention and Compensation of Work-Related Injuries and Diseases in France: Contribution of Insurance Economics