کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
962183 929999 2007 16 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Two-tier charging strategies in public hospitals: Implications for intra-hospital resource allocation and equity of access to hospital services
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Two-tier charging strategies in public hospitals: Implications for intra-hospital resource allocation and equity of access to hospital services
چکیده انگلیسی
Two-tier charging, the practice of offering separate qualities of service at different prices, is a growing practice in public hospitals internationally. This paper models two-tier charging as a Stackelberg game in which the Ministry of Health leads by setting prices and a representative hospital follows by setting quality levels to maximise surplus in response. Whether or not two-tier charging will secure cross-subsidy from superior to basic service users depends on the own and cross-quality effects of the demand functions for the two services. Under a range of assumptions, the policy will evoke cross-subsidy from basic to superior services.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Health Economics - Volume 26, Issue 3, 1 May 2007, Pages 447-462
نویسندگان
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