Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/182824 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Finanzwissenschaftliche Schriften No. 112
Publisher: 
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, Berlin
Abstract: 
Health care systems are under reform in many countries. This typically involves a shift towards more competition. But still, markets are highly regulated. This study analyzes competition and regulatory measures in four important fields using the modern tools of microeconomic theory and microeconometrics. The book demonstrates how price regulation interacts with the quality of care and shows that non-price competition amongst providers affects the social desirability of a gatekeeping system. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, the conventional wisdom of risk selection by German sickness funds is challenged.
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ISBN: 
978-3-631-75167-1
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Book
Document Version: 
Digitized Version

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