Health Care Economics: The Market for Physician Services

Franz Benstetter (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2002
Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
978-3-631-39078-8 (ISBN)

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The utilization of resources in health care is predominantly controlled by physicians. Therefore, a thorough understanding of health care remuneration systems, especially of the influence of reimbursement contracting on physicians' behavior, is essential for understanding the potential effects of policy interventions and for predicting the long run viability of a health care system. This volume investigates and compares alternative reimbursement schemes and their implications for health care reforms. It analyzes the contractual aspects of the relationship between physicians and patients and the distribution of risks between health insurers and physicians. One major focus is the investigation of the effects of a fixed budget system. Here, empirical evidence for the German market for physician services is given.

The Author: Born in Wasserburg am Inn, Germany, Franz Benstetter worked several years in a public bank, before he studied economics at the University of Munich and at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Then he was lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Department of Economics, University of Munich, where he obtained a doctorate degree in economics in 2001. At present he is lecturing economics at the University of Technology, Munich. His fields of interest are industrial organization, health economics and corporate finance.

lt;i>Contents: Health Care Economics - Health Care System - Remuneration of Physician Services - Supplier Induced Demand - Credence Goods - Agency Relationship - Fixed Budget System - Fee-for-Service Reimbursement System - Capitation System - Risk Sharing between Health Insurers and Suppliers - German Market for Physician Services.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.1.2002
Reihe/Serie	Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes ; 2853
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	230 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Med. Psychologie / Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
Schlagworte	Benstetter • Care • Chiropractic • Economics • Franz • Health • Market • Medicin • Physician • Services • Surgean
ISBN-10	3-631-39078-5 / 3631390785
ISBN-13	978-3-631-39078-8 / 9783631390788
Zustand	Neuware