Financial incentives in the German Statutory Health Insurance: New findings, new questions

Health Policy

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-56

  Stock, Stephanie ^a   Schmidt, Harald ^b,c   Büscher, Guido ^a   Gerber, Andreas ^a   Drabik, Anna ^a   Graf, Christian ^d   Lüngen, Markus ^a   Stollenwerk, Björn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UK Human Genetics Commission   (United Kingdom)

^d Barmer Ersatzkasse   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; Financing healthcare; Incentives; Prevention; Solidarity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 77952955593     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.12.015     Document Type: Article

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