Selecting health care providers : "any willing provider" vs. negotiation
Barros, Pedro Pita (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Martínez Giralt, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia i d'Història Econòmica)

Date:	2008
Abstract:	We study how a third-party payer decides what providers to contract with. Two mechanisms are studied and their properties compared. A first mechanism consists of the so-called "any willing provider" where the third-party payer announces a contract and every provider freely decides to sign it or not. The second mechanism is a bargaining procedure with the providers set up by the third-party payer. The main finding is that the decision of the third-party payer depends on the surplus to be shared. When it is relatively high (low) the third-party payer prefers the any willing provider system (negotiated solution).
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2005/SGR-00836 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SEJ2006-00538-ECON
Note:	Financial support of Fundacion BBVA, the Barcelona Economics Program of CREA and projects 2005SGR-00836, SEJ2006-00538-ECON, and Consolider-Ingenio 2010 (Xavier Martinez-Giralt) and POCTI/EGE/58934/2004 (Pedro Pita Barros)
Note:	Altres ajuts: POCTI/EGE/58934/2004
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Bargaining ; Health care provision ; Any willing provider
Published in:	European journal of political economy, Vol. 24 Núm. 2 (2008) , p. 402-414, ISSN 0176-2680

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2007.10.001

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