Provider payments and patient charges as policy tools for cost-containment: How successful are they in high-income countries?
<p>Abstract</p> <p>In this paper, we focus on those policy instruments with monetary incentives that are used to contain public health expenditure in high-income countries. First, a schematic view of the main cost-containment methods and the variables in the health system they inte...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2003-07-01
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| Series: | Human Resources for Health |
| Online Access: | http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/1/1/6 |