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Bonus Options in Health Insurance
Peter Zweifel
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Description for Bonus Options in Health Insurance
Hardback. With continuing cost expansion in the health care sector, policy makers face an insurance dilemma. While bonuses and rebates are quite popular among insurers, this study aims to show that bonus options are particularly effective in limiting the demands for ambulatory and hospital care. Series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 155 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 405.
Confronted with the continuing cost expansion in the health care sector, policy makers face a dilemma: limiting moral hazard in medical care requires that consumers participate in the cost, yet copayment is strongly resisted by today's socially insured. Thus, the experiences of three private German health insurers will be of interest to physicians, social scientists, and policy makers. Insurer A writes conventional plans with deductibles and coinsurance; B pays back three-monthly premiums as a fixed rebate for no claims; while C runs an experience-rated bonus system starting with a rebate of ... Read more
Confronted with the continuing cost expansion in the health care sector, policy makers face a dilemma: limiting moral hazard in medical care requires that consumers participate in the cost, yet copayment is strongly resisted by today's socially insured. Thus, the experiences of three private German health insurers will be of interest to physicians, social scientists, and policy makers. Insurer A writes conventional plans with deductibles and coinsurance; B pays back three-monthly premiums as a fixed rebate for no claims; while C runs an experience-rated bonus system starting with a rebate of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
155
Condition
New
Series
Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy
Number of Pages
143
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792317227
SKU
V9780792317227
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Bonus Options in Health Insurance
'It is an economic study as it should be: clear questions are raised, hypotheses are derived from theoretical models, and the hypotheses are tested with empirical data.' Health Economics 2:1 1993