Competition between health maintenance organizations and nonintegrated health insurance companies in health insurance markets

This article examines a model of competition between two types of health insurer: Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and nonintegrated insurers. HMOs vertically integrate health care providers and pay them at a competitive price, while nonintegrated health insurers work as indemnity plans and p...

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Volume:	5
Main Author:	Baranes, Edmond Bardey, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2015 BMC Springer Nature B.V
published in:	Health economics review Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
Data of publication:	20151200
ISSN:	2191-1991 2191-1991
EISSN:	2191-1991
Discipline:	Medicine Public Health Economics
Subjects:	Health maintenance organizations Health Economics Economic Policy Public Health Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes Medicine & Public Health I11 Public Finance & Economics Health Care Management L42 Competition policy Vertical integration Economics Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Business & Economics Health Care Sciences & Services Health Policy & Services Science & Technology Competition PPOs Economic models Health insurance Costs Studies Health maintenance organizations--HMOs Health economics Insurance premiums Economic theory Insurance industry Adverse selection Health care industry Insurance companies Moral hazard Health maintenance organizations MERGERS Competition policy Vertical integration
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