A case for patient charges?
Author
Summary, in English
A small co-insurance rate, corresponding to say 5 percent of the patient's annual taxable income, would reduce the the demand for health care substantially and allow tax reductions. Under certain conditions the latter would be so large that the net effect would be increase income for everyone concerned. Hence, do we have a case for patient charges? - Yes, but only under certain conditions.
Department/s
Publishing year
1993
Language
English
Publication/Series
SNS Occational Papers
Issue
43
Document type
Journal article
Topic
- Economics
Keywords
- co-insurance
- Rand health insurance experiment
Status
Published