Title: Acceptance of Selective Contracting: the Role of Trust in the Health Insurer
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This paper addresses the interesting question whether people’s trust in health insurers affects their willingness to accept restrictions on the provider network contracted by health insurers. This topic is particularly relevant for countries in which consumers can chose among different health insurers that are allowed to selectively contract with health care providers. The analysis is sound and the paper is well organized and clearly written.
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Acceptance of selective contracting: the role of trust in the health insurer
BACKGROUND In a demand oriented health care system based on managed competition, health insurers have incentives to become prudent buyers of care on behalf of their enrolees. They are allowed to selectively contract care providers. This is supposed to stimulate competition between care providers and both increase the quality of care and contain costs in the health care system. However, health i...
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