Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/76011 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 677
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We study the impact of insurance on the amount of fraud in a physician-patient relationship. In a market for credence goods, where prices are regulated by an authority, physicians act as experts. Due to their informational advantage, physicians have an incentive to cheat by inducing inappropriate treatment levels. It is shown that a higher coinsurance rate may lead to either less fraud in the market and a lower probability of patients searching for second opinions or more fraud and more searches. We also show that a higher coinsurance rate corresponds with a higher level of physicians specialising.
Subjects: 
insurance fraud
credence goods
supplier induced demand
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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