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Waiting periods for operations - an international comparison

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In many European and other countries it is not possible to undergo a routine operation without considerable delays under the current public health systems. On the other hand, in Germany and other industrialised countries such delays are still unusual. This study presents the extent of the delays in an international comparison and examines their causes. It concludes that permanent and considerable delays are an effective but economically inefficient means of restricting the demand for health services. Reform of health services should therefore use prices as a control instrument (differentiated additional payments for basically all services or additional payments for an additional catalogue of services).

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  • Rigmar Osterkamp, 2002. "Waiting periods for operations - an international comparison," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 55(10), pages 14-21, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:55:y:2002:i:10:p:14-21
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    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

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