Contención de Costes y Nuevas Prioridades en la Comunidad Europea

Brian Abel-Smith
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Brian Abel-Smith: London School of Economics and Political Science

EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía, 1993, vol. 25, issue 01, 144-165

Abstract: This article reports on the author's survey of the cost-control measures for health care in 12 European countries during the period from 1983 to 1990. Among these countries the greatest convergence was in the use of the budget as a system of control, reinforced by manpower controls. The European experience demonstrates the technical feasibility of the government's controlling health care costs by regulating supply rather than demand. The key to Europe 's success is the use of monopsony power, whereby one purchaser dominates the market. The author contends that regulation works in Europe and questions whether the United States can exert similar control over its coalition of insurers and providers in order to rein in its health care expenses.

Keywords: Economía de la salud; coste sanitario; control de costes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 I11 I18 J42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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