Waiting lists and patient selection

Autor: Barros, Pedro Pita, Olivella, Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica, Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Recercat: Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Popis: We develop a model of waiting lists for public hospitals when physicians deliver both private and public treatment. Public treatment is free but rationed, i.e., only cases meeting some medical criteria area admitted for treatment. Private treatment has no waiting time but entails payment of a fee. Both physicians and patients take into account that each patient treated in the private practice schedule reduces the waiting list for public treatment. We show that physicians do not necessarily select the mildest cases from the waiting list. We provide sufficient conditions on the rationing policy under which cream skimming is always partial. We show that, to a large extent, one can bypass the analysis of doctors' behavior in the characterization of patient selection.
Databáze: OpenAIRE