Fünf Fragen (und Antworten) zur Gesundheitsökonomik

Zweifel Peter ()
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Zweifel Peter: Universität Zürich (Emeritus), Wulfensiedlung 24, A-9530Bad BleibergAustria

Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 2020, vol. 21, issue 1, 30-42

Abstract: In this survey, Peter Zweifel describes the development of Health Economics as a discipline using five questions to be answered: Is health different from all other goods? Is the “cost explosion” the core issue? What is the relative importance of moral hazard and adverse selection in competitive markets for health insurance? What is the relevance of supplier-induced demand? And finally, is there an economic justification for the very high degree of regulation in health care? While the answers are soundly grounded in microeconomic theory, they hopefully show that economists interested in health and health care are far from the caricature of penny-pinching “elephants in a porcelain shop” (Gbadebo and Reinhardt 2001).

Keywords: Gesundheitsökonomik; Kostenexplosion; moralisches Risiko; adverse Selektion; anbieterinduzierte Nachfrage; Regulierung (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D11 D62 I12 I13 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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