Government purchasing of health services

Martin Chalkley () and James Malcomson ()

Chapter 15 in Handbook of Health Economics, 2000, vol. 1, pp 847-890 from Elsevier

Abstract: This chapter reviews the literature on payment schemes for government purchases of health services. It focuses on four themes: (1) the tension between obtaining appropriate quality of services and keeping the cost of those services at an acceptable level; (2) the role of cost sharing by the payer when there is asymmetric information between purchaser and supplier about costs or case-mix; (3) the importance of commitment in purchasing; and (4) the role of reputation in maintaining quality in long term relationships between purchasers and suppliers.

JEL-codes: I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000

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Working Paper: Government Purchasing of Health Services (1998)
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