Add to ORKGThis 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
In this paper we investigate the economic rationales for the design of health care financing arrange...
Health care reforms have resulted in the emergence of health care purchasing markets, in which care ...
Health care reforms have resulted in the emergence of health care purchasing markets, in which care ...
The introduction of a market mechanism into the National Health service in the UK was underpinned by...
Strategic purchasing is an essential health financing function. This paper compares the strategic pu...
In the last few years there have been considerable changes in the National Health Service in the Uni...
Recent research has highlighted the existence of important differences between public and private se...
The purchasing role of health authorities has been in existence for two years and public health phys...
The paper reviews the theoretical basis for the application of user fees in the public health sector...
Purpose - The purpose is to examine the bases of positive relations between suppliers and purchasers...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the bases of positive relations between suppliers and purcha...
Recent research has highlighted the existence of important differences between public and private se...
This article discusses the share of expenses that should be covered by the public plan and looks at ...
This book is written with an acute awareness of the need for new insight to ensure (1) universal pro...
Aim: The aim of this study was to establish a conceptual schema for government purchasing of alcohol...
In this paper we investigate the economic rationales for the design of health care financing arrange...
Health care reforms have resulted in the emergence of health care purchasing markets, in which care ...
Health care reforms have resulted in the emergence of health care purchasing markets, in which care ...
The introduction of a market mechanism into the National Health service in the UK was underpinned by...
Strategic purchasing is an essential health financing function. This paper compares the strategic pu...
In the last few years there have been considerable changes in the National Health Service in the Uni...
Recent research has highlighted the existence of important differences between public and private se...
The purchasing role of health authorities has been in existence for two years and public health phys...
The paper reviews the theoretical basis for the application of user fees in the public health sector...
Purpose - The purpose is to examine the bases of positive relations between suppliers and purchasers...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the bases of positive relations between suppliers and purcha...
Recent research has highlighted the existence of important differences between public and private se...
This article discusses the share of expenses that should be covered by the public plan and looks at ...
This book is written with an acute awareness of the need for new insight to ensure (1) universal pro...
Aim: The aim of this study was to establish a conceptual schema for government purchasing of alcohol...
In this paper we investigate the economic rationales for the design of health care financing arrange...
Health care reforms have resulted in the emergence of health care purchasing markets, in which care ...
Health care reforms have resulted in the emergence of health care purchasing markets, in which care ...