Risk adjustment and risk selection on the sickness fund insurance market in five European countries

Health Policy

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-98

  Van De Ven, Wynand P M M ^a   Beck, Konstantin ^b   Buchner, Florian ^c   Chernichovsky, Dov ^d   Gardiol, Lucien ^e   Holly, Alberto ^e   Lamers, Leida M ^a   Schokkaert, Erik ^f   Shmueli, Amir ^g   Spycher, Stephan ^h   Van De Voorde, Carine ^f   Van Vliet, René C J A ^a   Wasem, Jürgen ⁱ   Zmora, Irith ^j  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CSS Insurance   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^h Buro Arbeits /Sozialpolitische S   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^j CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

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Author keywords

International comparison; Regulated competition; Risk adjustment; Risk selection; Sickness fund insurance market

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; BELGIUM; COMPETITION; CONSUMER; COST CONTROL; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; ISRAEL; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0038798614     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(02)00118-5     Document Type: Article

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