Cost sharing in health service provision: an empirical assessment of cost savings

Fixed price payments for treatment of patients with a specified diagnosis are widespread in both US Medicare and the British NHS even though there are substantial variations in the cost of treatment. Theory suggests that, when there is asymmetric information about those costs, total payment can be r...

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Main Authors: Malcomson, J, Chalkley, M
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2001