Barigozzi, Francesca
(2003)
Prices vs. Quantities in Health Insurance Reimbursement.
Bologna:
Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE,
p. 22.
DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4795.
In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE
(499).
ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract
I compare in-kind reimbursement (which fixes treatment quantities)
and reimbursement insurance (which fixes treatment prices) as demandside,
cost-containment measures. In the model, illness has a negative impact
on labor productivity and public insurance is financed through labor
income taxation. Consumers are heterogeneous with respect to intensity
of preferences for treatment which is their private information. The social
planner may be constrained to adopt uniform (pooling) allocations
or may be free to choose discriminating (self selecting) allocations in the
reimbursement plan.
Analyzing pooling allocations I show that reimbursement insurance
dominates in-kind reimbursement from a social welfare point of view.
While considering self-selecting allocations I show that the two reimbursement
methods are equivalent.
Abstract
I compare in-kind reimbursement (which fixes treatment quantities)
and reimbursement insurance (which fixes treatment prices) as demandside,
cost-containment measures. In the model, illness has a negative impact
on labor productivity and public insurance is financed through labor
income taxation. Consumers are heterogeneous with respect to intensity
of preferences for treatment which is their private information. The social
planner may be constrained to adopt uniform (pooling) allocations
or may be free to choose discriminating (self selecting) allocations in the
reimbursement plan.
Analyzing pooling allocations I show that reimbursement insurance
dominates in-kind reimbursement from a social welfare point of view.
While considering self-selecting allocations I show that the two reimbursement
methods are equivalent.
Document type
Monograph
(Working Paper)
Creators
Keywords
public health insurance, in-kind transfers, reimbursement
insurance, adverse selection.
Subjects
ISSN
2282-6483
DOI
Deposit date
09 Mar 2016 15:18
Last modified
09 Mar 2016 15:18
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Document type
Monograph
(Working Paper)
Creators
Keywords
public health insurance, in-kind transfers, reimbursement
insurance, adverse selection.
Subjects
ISSN
2282-6483
DOI
Deposit date
09 Mar 2016 15:18
Last modified
09 Mar 2016 15:18
URI
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