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Título: | Gatekeeping in health care |
Autor(es): | Brekke, Kurt R. Nuscheler, Robert Straume, Odd Rune |
Palavras-chave: | Gatekeeping Imperfect information Quality competition Product differentiation Price regulation |
Data: | Jan-2007 |
Editora: | Elsevier B.V. |
Revista: | Journal of Health Economics |
Citação: | "Journal of Health Economics". ISSN 0167-6296. 26:1 (Jan. 2007) 149-170. |
Resumo(s): | We study the competitive effects of restricting direct access to secondary care by gatekeeping, focusing on the informational role of general practitioners (GPs). In the secondary care market there are two hospitals choosing quality and specialization. Patients, who are ex ante uninformed, can consult a GP to receive an (imperfect) diagnosis and obtain information about the secondary care market. We show that hospital competition is amplified by higher GP attendance but dampened by improved diagnosing accuracy. Therefore, compulsory gatekeeping may result in excessive quality competition and too much specialization, unless the mismatch costs and the diagnosing accuracy are sufficiently high. Second-best price regulation makes direct regulation of GP consultation redundant, but will generally not implement first-best. |
Tipo: | Artigo |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/6828 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.04.004 |
ISSN: | 0167-6296 |
Versão da editora: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01676296 |
Arbitragem científica: | yes |
Acesso: | Acesso aberto |
Aparece nas coleções: | NIPE - Artigos em Revistas de Circulação Internacional com Arbitragem Científica |
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Brekke_Nuscheler_Straume_2007_JHE.pdf | Documento principal | 232,6 kB | Adobe PDF | Ver/Abrir |