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Regulated competition in health insurance markets

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  • Rudy Douven

    () (CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)

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The efficient delivery of medical services may be pursued by intensifying competition among health care insurers. This paper develops a model of regulated competition among health care insurers. It shows that increasing competition may foster efficiency-raising activities, reduce insurer profits and lower health care costs. However, it may also increase the variability of consumer premiums and increase risk-type specific selection activities by insurers as the government will generally lack information on the risk characteristics of the insured.

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  • Rudy Douven, 2000. "Regulated competition in health insurance markets," CPB Research Memorandum 171, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpb:resmem:171
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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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    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty

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