Regulating the healthcare sector

Hans Keiding

Chapter 7 in Theoretical Health Economics, 2017, pp 289-315 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:On the need for regulation of healthcare provisionEquality in health and healthcareEquality or equityWelfarism: Preference aggregationThe extra-welfarism approach and capabilitiesThe ‘fair innings’ argumentThe role of government: healthcare policyGovernment as regulatorUsing drug subsidies to improve competitionSetting priorities in healthcareThe Oregon experimentPrioritization as rationing: accountabilityProblems

Keywords: Health Economics; Healthcare; Grossman Model; Newhouse-Phelps Model; Dorfman-Steiner; Lindahl Equilibria; Healthcare Pricing; Cost-Effectiveness Analysis; Healthcare Regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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