The treadmill effect in a fixed budget system

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 146-169

  Benstetter, Franz ^a   Wambach, Achim ^b  

^a Munich Re   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coordination device; Health economics; Remuneration systems; Supplier induced demand

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MARKET; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; REIMBURSEMENT; TREADMILL;

BUDGETS; GERMANY; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PHYSICIANS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 29244451864     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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