Speaker:
Gianni De Fraja
- Nottingham School of Economics and University of Rome "Tor Vergata"
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
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12:30 PM
Polo Santa Marta, Via Cantarane 24, Sala Vaona
In this paper we investigate the nature of the contracts between a large health-care purchaser and health service providers and the payment they receive for their treatments. We model theoretically the interaction between patient choice and cream-skimming by competing hospitals. We test the model using a very large and detailed administrative dataset. In line with our theoretical results, we show that in the Italian region of Lombardy, the state funded purchaser offers providers a system of incentives such that the most efficient providers both treat more patients, and also treat more difficult patients, thus receiving, a higher average payment per treatment.
- Programme Director
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Diego
Lubian
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External reference
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- Publication date
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February 13, 2018