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Patient mobility and health care quality when regions and patients differ in income

机译:地区和患者收入不同时的患者流动性和医疗保健质量

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We study the effects of cross-border patient mobility on health care quality and welfare when income varies across and within regions. We use a Salop model with a high-, middle-, and low-income region. In each region, a policy maker chooses health care quality to maximise the utility of its residents when health care costs are financed by general income taxation. In equilibrium, regions with higher income offer better quality, which creates an incentive for patient mobility from lower- to higher-income regions. Assuming a prospective payment scheme based on DRG-pricing, we find that lower non-monetary (administrative) mobility costs have (i) no effect on quality or welfare in the high-income region; (ii) a negative effect on quality but a positive effect on welfare for the middle-income region; and (iii) ambiguous effects on quality and welfare for the low-income region. Lower monetary mobility costs (copayments) might reduce welfare in both the middle- and low-income region. Thus, health policies that stimulate cross border patient mobility can be counterproductive when regions differ in income. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
机译:当收入在区域内和区域内变化时,我们研究了跨境患者流动对卫生保健质量和福利的影响。我们使用高,中,低收入地区的Salop模型。在每个地区,当医疗保健费用由一般所得税支付资金时,决策者都会选择医疗保健质量,以最大限度地提高居民的效用。在均衡状态下,收入较高的地区提供更好的质量,这为患者从低收入地区迁移到高收入地区提供了动力。假设基于DRG定价的预期付款方案,我们发现较低的非货币(行政)流动成本不会对以下地区产生影响:(i)对高收入地区的质量或福利没有影响; (ii)对中等收入地区的质量产生负面影响,但对福利产生正面影响; (iii)对低收入地区的质量和福利产生模糊影响。较低的货币流动成本(共付额)可能会减少中低收入地区的福利。因此,当地区收入不同时,刺激跨境患者流动的卫生政策可能适得其反。 (C)2016 Elsevier B.V.保留所有权利。

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