1. Consumer Resistance Against Regulation: The Case of Health Care
- Author
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Harry Telser, Peter Zweifel, Stephan Vaterlaus, University of Zurich, and Zweifel, Peter
- Subjects
Economics and Econometrics ,discrete choice experiments ,Gesundheitswesen ,Population ,Gesetzliche Krankenversicherung ,jel:D61 ,2002 Economics and Econometrics ,C93 ,Willingness to pay ,Diskrete Entscheidung ,Argument ,10007 Department of Economics ,Health care ,preference measurement ,Economics ,ddc:330 ,Konsumentenverhalten ,Social determinants of health ,SOI Socioeconomic Institute (former) ,L51 ,education ,USA ,health care economics and organizations ,jel:C93 ,education.field_of_study ,Actuarial science ,Public economics ,I18 ,business.industry ,I11 ,Compensation (psychology) ,regulation ,Gesundheitsreform ,jel:L51 ,jel:I11 ,health care ,Meinung ,330 Economics ,health insurance, health care, regulation, preference measurement, discrete choice experiments ,D61 ,jel:I18 ,health insurance ,Managed care ,business ,Theorie ,Public finance - Abstract
Regulation fostering Managed Care alternatives in health insurance is spreading. This work reports on an experiment designed to measure the amounts of compensation asked by the Swiss population (in terms of reduced premiums) for Managed-Care type restrictions in the provision of health care. It finds that restrictions on the freedom of physician choice would require an average compensation of more than one-third of the premium, while generic substitution even meets with a small willingness to pay. Marked preference heterogeneity is an argument against regulation imposing uniformity of contract in Swiss social health insurance.
- Published
- 2018