Allokative und distributive Effekte regulierten Wettbewerbs in sozialen Krankenversicherungssystemen Wirtschaftstheoretische Fundierung, tatsächliche Auswirkungen und Implementationsprobleme am Beispiel der Niederlande ; Allocative and distributive consequences of regulated competition in socialhealth insurance systems - Economic foundation, actual effects andimplementation problems based on experience in the Netherlands

The concept of managed competition in health care attracts a lot of attention from policy makers not only in Germany but from countries all around the world. The aim of this concept is to increase the efficiency of health care systems as well as maintaining solidarity. Since the health care system of the Netherlands is institutionally and culturally quite similar to the German system it is promising to test the behavioral assumptions of the model and to draw conclusions for Germany. Furthermore this work tries to analyze several economic theories of competition with regard to the functions and... Mehr ...