Reflections on Supplier-Induced Demand and its Relationship with Payment Systems in Healthcare Markets

 

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Upphovsman: Temporelli, Karina L.
Materialtyp: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Utgivningstid:2010
Beskrivning:Supply induced demand (SId) arises when physicians have incentives to change consumer demand in order to maximize their utility. This situation is related to the lack of patients information, situation which becomes enhanced if a third part (insurance) does covers the full cost. First, we performed a literature review on the subject. The situation is further analyzed, using simple tools of games theory, the existence or not of demand induction under differentpayment systems, thus finding that some systems do not cause induction but a decreased quality of medical services
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Organisation:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Språk:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/8618
Länkar:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reconomicas/article/view/8618
Nyckelord:Demanda de atención sanitaria
Inducción de demanda
Healths demand
Supplies induced demand