Average‐Cost Pricing and Dynamic Selection Incentives in the Hospital Sector

Mathias Kifmann and Luigi Siciliani

Health Economics, 2017, vol. 26, issue 12, 1566-1582

Abstract: This study investigates dynamic incentives to select patients for hospitals that are remunerated according to a prospective payment system of the diagnosis‐related group (DRG) type. Using a model with patients differing in severity within a DRG, we show that price dynamics depend on the extent of hospital altruism and the relation between patients' severity and benefit. Upwards and downwards price movements over time are both possible. In a steady state, DRG prices are unlikely to give optimal incentives to treat patients. Depending on the level of altruism, too few or too many patients are treated. DRG pricing may also give incentives to treat low‐severity patients even though high‐severity patients should be treated. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2017
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Working Paper: Average-cost Pricing and Dynamic Selection Incentives in the Hospital Sector (2014)
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