In the market for health care all the actors do not necessarily share the same objectives and the outcome in terms of costs and quality is rather different according to the type of providers involved. The provision of health care services is characterised by uncertainty in the cost of the...

Patient choice, mobility and competition among health care providers -- Using Discrete Choice Experiments to understand preferences in health care -- Implications of the EU patients' rights directive in cross-border healthcare on the German sickness fund system -- The possible effects of health...