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Higher co-payments in health insurance systems may lead to a reduced demand for health care services, but may impose an additional financial burden on persons of low income and/or high health care costs. For the case of the German public health insurance, the article tries to show that a system...
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This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that...
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This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that...
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