Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/260341 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2022:2
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
Market frictions, such as imperfect information or hassle costs, may reduce benefits from market incentives in healthcare settings. We use data from two randomised policy interventions in a Swedish region, which improved the access to provider information and reduced the switching costs of one percent of the adult population and of a sample of new residents. We examine the effects of the interventions on a large number of clinical process quality measures, access to care, and adverse health events, measured at the individual level. We find no significant effect of the interventions on any of the quality measures.
Subjects: 
Market frictions
Field experiment
Care quality
Primary care
Sweden
JEL: 
D89
I11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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