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Integrierte Versorgung — Wettbewerbspotenzial in der Gesundheitsversorgung heben!

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  • Andree Ehlert
  • Thomas Wein

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The German health care market suffers of a lack of competition. This is the resolution of a long period of collective negotiations between a provider monopoly and statutory health insurance funds. To correct this market failure, the sector has undergone a series of reforms such as the initiation of managed care programmes. Even after more than ten years of managed care, however, such contracts continue to play a minor role in German health care. We identify an insufficient level of patient authority as a key reason for the failure of managed care. As an approach to solving this problem, we discuss a possible change to the legal framework that would give patients full control over payment flows in health care. We investigate the possible economic impact of this scenario. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

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  • Andree Ehlert & Thomas Wein, 2014. "Integrierte Versorgung — Wettbewerbspotenzial in der Gesundheitsversorgung heben!," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 94(3), pages 194-202, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:wirtsc:v:94:y:2014:i:3:p:194-202
    DOI: 10.1007/s10273-014-1655-0
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    Keywords

    D43; I13; I18;
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    JEL classification:

    • D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
    • I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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