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Welfare Consequences of Alternative Insurance Contracts in the Mixed For‐Profit/Nonprofit Hospital Market

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  • Avi Dor
  • Harry Watson

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With the advent of managed competition, contingent insurance contracts are replacing traditional fee‐for‐service plans that were based on pooling principles. Under contingent contracts, insurance is tied to particular providers, while under pooling contracts, insurance is provided for services rendered by all competing providers. To examine the implications of such contracts in hospital care, we model two competing hospitals, a for‐profit and a nonprofit, within the framework of a two‐stage game. With various assumptions concerning the objectives of the nonprofit, we are able to explore the welfare implications of different insurance contracts and the overprovision problem.

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  • Avi Dor & Harry Watson, 1998. "Welfare Consequences of Alternative Insurance Contracts in the Mixed For‐Profit/Nonprofit Hospital Market," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 64(3), pages 698-712, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:soecon:v:64:y:1998:i:3:p:698-712
    DOI: 10.1002/j.2325-8012.1998.tb00088.x
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