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Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income
| Resumo: | We study the effects of cross-border patient mobility on health care quality and welfare when income varies across and within regions. We use a Salop model with a high-, middle-, and low-income region. In each region, a policy maker chooses health care quality to maximise the utility of its residents when health care costs are financed by general income taxation. In equilibrium, regions with higher income offer better quality, which creates an incentive for patient mobility from lower- to higher-income regions. Assuming a prospective payment scheme based on DRG-pricing, we find that lower non-monetary (administrative) mobility costs have (i) no effect on quality or welfare in the high-income region; (ii) a negative effect on quality but a positive effect on welfare for the middle-income region; and (iii) ambiguous effects on quality and welfare for the low-income region. Lower monetary mobility costs (copayments) might reduce welfare in both the middle- and low-income region. Thus, health policies that stimulate cross-border patient mobility can be counterproductive when regions differ in income. |
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| Autores principais: | Brekke, Kurt R. |
| Outros Autores: | Levaggi, Rosella; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune |
| Assunto: | Patient mobility Health care quality Income inequalities Regional welfare Salop model Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
| Ano: | 2016 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
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| author | Brekke, Kurt R. |
| author2 | Levaggi, Rosella Siciliani, Luigi Straume, Odd Rune |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Brekke, Kurt R. Levaggi, Rosella Siciliani, Luigi Straume, Odd Rune |
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| description | We study the effects of cross-border patient mobility on health care quality and welfare when income varies across and within regions. We use a Salop model with a high-, middle-, and low-income region. In each region, a policy maker chooses health care quality to maximise the utility of its residents when health care costs are financed by general income taxation. In equilibrium, regions with higher income offer better quality, which creates an incentive for patient mobility from lower- to higher-income regions. Assuming a prospective payment scheme based on DRG-pricing, we find that lower non-monetary (administrative) mobility costs have (i) no effect on quality or welfare in the high-income region; (ii) a negative effect on quality but a positive effect on welfare for the middle-income region; and (iii) ambiguous effects on quality and welfare for the low-income region. Lower monetary mobility costs (copayments) might reduce welfare in both the middle- and low-income region. Thus, health policies that stimulate cross-border patient mobility can be counterproductive when regions differ in income. |
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| spelling | engElsevierporWe study the effects of cross-border patient mobility on health care quality and welfare when income varies across and within regions. We use a Salop model with a high-, middle-, and low-income region. In each region, a policy maker chooses health care quality to maximise the utility of its residents when health care costs are financed by general income taxation. In equilibrium, regions with higher income offer better quality, which creates an incentive for patient mobility from lower- to higher-income regions. Assuming a prospective payment scheme based on DRG-pricing, we find that lower non-monetary (administrative) mobility costs have (i) no effect on quality or welfare in the high-income region; (ii) a negative effect on quality but a positive effect on welfare for the middle-income region; and (iii) ambiguous effects on quality and welfare for the low-income region. Lower monetary mobility costs (copayments) might reduce welfare in both the middle- and low-income region. Thus, health policies that stimulate cross-border patient mobility can be counterproductive when regions differ in income.application/pdfporPatient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in incomeBrekke, Kurt R.Levaggi, RosellaSiciliani, LuigiStraume, Odd RuneHostingInstitutionOrganizationalRepositóriUM - Universidade do Minhoe-mailmailto:repositorium@usdb.uminho.ptrepositorium@usdb.uminho.ptPMID27344297ISSNIsPartOf0167-6296DOIIsPartOf10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.05.0032016-122016-12-01T00:00:00ZHandlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/43175http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ecrestricted accessPatient mobilityHealth care qualityIncome inequalitiesRegional welfareSalop modelhttp://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdfFields of Science and Technology (FOS)Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão536179 bytesliteraturehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ecapplication/pdffulltexthttps://repositorium.uminho.pt/bitstreams/1637a018-2c88-4265-8444-988d706b6e1f/download |
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| title | Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income |
| title_full | Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income |
| title_fullStr | Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income |
| title_short | Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income |
| title_sort | Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income |
| topic | Patient mobility Health care quality Income inequalities Regional welfare Salop model Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão |
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