Understanding how physicians respond to incentives from payment schemes is a central
concern in health economics research. We introduce a controlled laboratory experiment to …

We analyze how physicians, medical students, and non-medical students respond to
financial incentives from fee-for-service and capitation. We employ a series of artefactual …

Background: The National Organization for Healthcare Provision (EOPYY) constitutes
simultaneously the monopsonistic healthcare insurer and a main provider of PHC in Greece …

The state-of-the-art literature at the interface between experimental and behavioral
economics and health economics is reviewed by identifying and discussing ten areas of …

In several European countries, governments have chosen to put a global budget cap on
health care expenditure. This paper analyzes the strategies of the providers facing this …

Global budget (GB) arrangements have become a popular method worldwide to control the
rise in healthcare expenditures. By guaranteeing hospital funding, payers hope to eliminate …

The recent regulatory changes enacted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS) have identified hospital readmission rates as a critical healthcare quality metric. This …

We examine the interaction in the market for physician services when the total budget for
reimbursement is fixed. Physicians obtain points for the services they render. At the end of …

Objective To characterize the basic elements of most frequent payment mechanisms to help
providers in their relationship with payers. Methods A review of the evidence was conducted …

Objetivo Caracterizar los elementos básicos de las tipologías más frecuentes de los
mecanismos de pago con el propósito de para apoyar la labor de los prestadores en su …