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SUBMITTER: Gaspar K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7058687 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gaspar Katalin K Portrait France F van der Hijden Eric E Koolman Xander X
The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care 20190916 1
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 drive for increased production, and incentivize providers to deliver more efficient care and lower utilization. We evaluated the introduction of GB contracts by certain large insurers in Dutch hospital care in 2012 and compared health care utilization to those insurers who continued with more traditional production-b ...[more]