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COMPETITION AMONG PAYERS IN HEALTH CARE. THEORETICAL APPROACH
COMPETITION AMONG PAYERS IN HEALTH CARE. THEORETICAL APPROACH

Author(s): Anna Hnatyszyn-Dzikowska
Subject(s): Economy, Public Finances
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: health care financing; health care payer; competition in health care

Summary/Abstract: The article assumes that the system of multiple payers and the introduction of competition have a positive effect on health policy objectives. In the analysis of competition, the possibility to create conditions that determine the achievement of the assumed benefits is vital. The paper presents a catalogue of pro-competitive system characteristics, with particular emphasis on the role of regulation and information as determinants of the effectiveness of policies to reform the health care system.

  • Issue Year: 12/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 287-298
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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