Peter Zweifel () (Socioeconomic Institute, University of Zurich) Harry Telser () (Socioeconomic Institute, University of Zurich) Stephan Vaterlaus () (Plaut Economics, Olten)
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.
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Paper provided by University of Zurich, Socioeconomic Institute in its series Working Papers with number
0505.
Length: 23 pages Date of creation: Feb 2005 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in Journal of Regulatory Economics 29(3), pages 319-332 Handle: RePEc:soz:wpaper:0505
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