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Does a National Health Insurance System Enhance Quality of Care and Contain Cost?-An Empirical Investigation of the National Health Insurance System in Taiwan

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  • Li Chang

    (Department of Business Administration, Shih Hsin University, TAIWAN)

  • Chi-Ping Hou

    (Department of Accounting, China University of Technology, TAIWAN)

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The main purpose of this study is to examine: (1) The dynamic changes in cost containment and quality that have occurred under the National Health Insurance (NHI) program in Taiwan; (2) The trade-off effect relationship between cost and quality. This paper uses an empirical model to look at data from hospitals in Taipei between 1989 and 2004. The findings indicate that the NHI has led to poor cost containment and unimproved quality of care. In addition, it is to found that, after the NHI, there has been no trade-off between cost containment and quality. This suggests that a lack of market competition and an ineffective monitoring system have led to poor cost containment and quality. However, the negative relationship between cost and quality shows that the payment system should be link between cost and quality.

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  • Li Chang & Chi-Ping Hou, 2011. "Does a National Health Insurance System Enhance Quality of Care and Contain Cost?-An Empirical Investigation of the National Health Insurance System in Taiwan," Review of Economics & Finance, Better Advances Press, Canada, vol. 1, pages 32-42, November.
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    Keywords

    National Health Insurance; Cost containment; Quality;
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    JEL classification:

    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health

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