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Author: | Ma, C. |
Title: | Health care payment systems: cost and quality incentives |
Journal: | Journal of Economics & Management Strategy
1994 : SPRING, VOL. 3:1, p. 93-112 |
Index terms: | MEDICAL CARE PAYMENT SYSTEMS INCENTIVES |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This paper compares the cost and quality incentive effects of cost reimbursement and prospective payment systems in the health industry. When a provider cannot refuse patients who require high treatment costs or discriminate patients by qualities, optimally designed prospective payments can implement the efficient quality and cost reduction efforts, but cost reimbursement cannot induce any cost incentive. |
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