Quality and outside capacity in the provision of health services

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Bös, D; De Fraja, G
• 署名单位: University of York - UK; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(01)00125-6
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 199-218
• 关键词: health care provision; incomplete contracts; health service quality; outside capacity

摘要

This paper studies the effects of non-contractibility of investment on the choices made by a health authority and a hospital which supplies a specific service. Non-contractibility determines inefficiencies: compared with any Pareto efficient outcome, the quality of the service chosen by the hospital is too low, and the health authority relies too much on outside providers. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science BV All rights reserved.