Welfare properties of restrictions to health care services based on cost effectiveness

In this note we explore the welfare properties of the cost effectiveness criterion as an instrument to improve the appropriateness of health care. We show that such instrument is optimal only under specific assumptions relating to the shape of the welfare function and the utility of health care.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Levaggi, Laura ; Levaggi, Rosella
Institutions:	Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università degli Studi di Brescia

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Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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