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End-stage Renal Disease and Economic Incentives: The International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing

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  • Avi Dor
  • Mark V. Pauly
  • Margaret A. Eichleay
  • Philip J. Held
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    End-stage renal disease (ESRD), or kidney failure, is a debilitating, costly, and increasingly common medical condition. Little is known about how different financing approaches affect ESRD outcomes and delivery of care. This paper presents results from a comparative review of 12 countries with alternative models of incentives and benefits, collected under the International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing, a substudy within the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study. Variation in spending per ESRD patient is relatively small and is correlated with overall per capita health care spending. Between-country variations in spending are reduced using an input price parity index constructed for this study. Remaining differences in costs and outcomes do not seem strongly linked to differences in incentives embedded in national programs.

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    1. Chalkley, Martin & Malcomson, James M, 1998. "Contracting for Health Services with Unmonitored Quality," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 108(449), pages 1093-1110, July.
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    1. Braden Manns & David Mendelssohn & Kenneth Taub, 2007. "The economics of end-stage renal disease care in Canada: incentives and impact on delivery of care," International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 149-169, September.
    2. Alan M. Garber & Jonathan Skinner, 2008. "Is American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient?," NBER Working Papers 14257, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    3. Tricia Nicholson & Paul Roderick, 2007. "International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing of renal services in England and Wales," International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 7(4), pages 283-299, December.
    4. Giuseppe Pontoriero & Pietro Pozzoni & Lucia Vecchio & Francesco Locatelli, 2007. "International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing for renal replacement therapy in Italy: an evolving reality," International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 201-215, September.
    5. José Luño, 2007. "The organization and financing of end-stage renal disease in Spain," International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 7(4), pages 253-267, December.
    6. Toni Ashton & Mark Marshall, 2007. "The organization and financing of dialysis and kidney transplantation services in New Zealand," International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 7(4), pages 233-252, December.
    7. Anthony Harris, 2007. "The organization and funding of the treatment of end-stage renal disease in Australia," International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 7(2), pages 113-132, September.

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