Competition in Health Insurance

• Tác giả: Pia Schneider
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 368.4 Government-sponsored insurance
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 311553
• Chủ đề: 1. CARE PLANS; 2. COMPETITION AMONG INSURERS; 3. CONSUMERS; 4. CONTRACTS WITH PROVIDERS; 5. CONTRIBUTION RATE

Tóm tắt

This knowledge brief presents the key findings of a recent World Bank report on, 'health insurance and competition'. The report examines whether competition helps multiple insurers better manage health expenditures by, for example, contracting with more efficient providers or directing consumers towards less costly care (i.e. consumers who use generic drugs pay lower premiums or co-payments). The Netherlands, Switzerland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic are some of the countries that already have multiple and competing insurance systems in place.