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Preconditions for efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets: Are they fulfilled in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland?

Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven, Konstantin Beck, Florian Buchner, Erik Schokkaert, Schut, F.T. (Erik), Amir Shmueli and Juergen Wasem

Health Policy, 2013, vol. 109, issue 3, 226-245

Abstract: From the mid-1990s several countries have introduced elements of regulated competition in healthcare. The aim of this paper is to identify the most important preconditions for achieving efficiency and affordability under regulated competition in healthcare, and to indicate to what extent these preconditions are fulfilled in Belgium, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands and Switzerland. These experiences can be worthwhile for other countries (considering) implementing regulated competition (e.g. Australia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Russia, Slovakia, US).

Keywords: Regulated competition; Efficiency; Affordability; Health system comparison (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D40 I11 I13 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.01.002

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