Abstract:
:Understanding how physicians respond to incentives from payment schemes is a central concern in health economics research. We introduce a controlled laboratory experiment to analyse the influence of incentives from fee-for-service and capitation payments on physicians' supply of medical services. In our experiment, physicians choose quantities of medical services for patients with different states of health. We find that physicians provide significantly more services under fee-for-service than under capitation. Patients are overserved under fee-for-service and underserved under capitation. However, payment incentives are not the only motivation for physicians' quantity choices, as patients' health benefits are of considerable importance as well. We find that patients in need of a high (low) level of medical services receive larger health benefits under fee-for-service (capitation).
journal_name
J Health Econjournal_title
Journal of health economicsauthors
Hennig-Schmidt H,Selten R,Wiesen Ddoi
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.05.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-07-01 00:00:00pages
637-46issue
4eissn
0167-6296issn
1879-1646pii
S0167-6296(11)00045-2journal_volume
30pub_type
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