Bargaining and idle public sector capacity in health care
Barros, Pedro Pita (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
Martínez Giralt, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia i d'Història Econòmica)

Date:	2005
Abstract:	A feature present in countries with a National Health Service is the co−existence of a públic and a private sector. Often, the public payer contracts with private providers while holding idle capacity. This is often seen as inefficiency from the management of public facilities. We present here a different rationale for the existence of such idle capacity: the public sector may opt to have idle capacity as a way to gain bargaining power vis−à−vis the private provider, under the assumption of a more efficient private than the public sector.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2001-SGR-00162
Note:	Altres ajuts: AcçãoIntegrada/E97/04
Note:	Altres ajuts: SAPIENS/37762/01
Note:	Altres ajuts: BEC2003-01132
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Negociacions ; Models matemàtics ; Assistència sanitària ; Bargaining ; Public sector ; Private sector ; National Health Service ; Health care
Published in:	Economics bulletin, Vol. 9 Núm. 5 (2005) , p. 1-8, ISSN 1545-2921

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