Government Purchasing of Health Services.

This paper reviews the literature on payment schemes for government purchases of health services. It focuses on four themes: (1) the tension between obtaining appropriate quality of services and keeping the cost of those services at an acceptable level; (2) the role of cost sharing by the payer when...

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Main Authors: Chalkley, M, Malcomson, J
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: School of Social Sciences (University of Southampton) 1998