Cost-Sharing in Health Care Proceedings of the International Seminar on Sharing of Health Care Costs Wolfsberg/Switzerland, March 20–23, 1979 / edited by A. Brandt, B. Horisberger, W. P. von Wartburg.

In view of the continuing preoccupation of all industrialized countries with the rising share of national resources devoted to health care, it is valuable to compare the fmanc­ ing and breakdown of health care expenditure on an international basis. How far should public spending on health care be re...

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Other Authors: Brandt, A. (Editor), Horisberger, B. (Editor), Wartburg, W. P. von (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1980.
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505 0 |a Preface -- Report on the Seminar -- 1. The Rising Costs of Health Care -- 2. Alternative Strategies of Cost Containment Which Have Been Adopted, Other Than Cost-Sharing -- 3. The Role of Cost-Sharing -- 4. Forms of Cost-Sharing by the Patient -- 5. The Case for Cost-Sharing -- 6. The Case Against Cost-Sharing -- 7. Cost-Control by Consumer Choice and Competition -- 8. Conclusions -- Conclusions and Summary of a Panel Discussion -- Appendices -- 1. Papers Presented at the Seminar -- A.C. Enthoven: Health Care Cost Control Through Incentives and Competition -- U. Geissler. Health Care Cost Containment in the Federal Republic of Germany -- M. Haller: Possibilities of Adapting the Risk Management Approach for Use in the Health Care System -- R.S. Hanft, J. Eichenholz: Hospital Cost Containment in the United States -- H. Hauser: Health Care Cost Control — A Conceptual Framework -- H. Hauser, K. Koch: Health Care Expenditure and Its Financing — An International Survey -- B. Horisberger: Dynamic Organization of Social Security Systems -- U. Müller: Structure and Operation of Switzerland’s Health Insurance System -- M. Pfaff: Objectives and Forms of Cost-Sharing -- S. Sandier: Elements of Social Risks Related to Health -- W.P. von Wartburg: Health Services Plus Social Market Economy Equals Social Health Economy -- 2. Reports of the Workshops -- Workshop I: Financial Aspects and Policies -- Workshop II: Risk and Insurance Policies -- Workshop III: Social Security and Alternative Possible Systems Which Would Lead to Better Value for Money in Health Care -- 3. List of Participants. 
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