Health Service Gatekeepers.

Incentive contracts for gatekeepers who control patient access to specialist medical services provide too weak incentives to investigate cost further when expected cost of treatment is greater than benefit. Making gatekeepers residual claimants with a fixed fee from which treatment costs must be met...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malcomson, J
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: CESifo GmbH 2003

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