Implementing Risk Adjusted Capitation Payments with Health Care Reforms in Hung

dc.contributor.authorNagy, Balázs
dc.contributor.authorBrandtmüller, Ágnes
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-01T09:45:44Z
dc.date.available2021-07-01T09:45:44Z
dc.date.issued2008-12-15
dc.description.abstractSince the late nineties Hungarian governments have been considering the introduction of new health care arrangements by establishing organizations with devolved responsibilities for the management of health care. These organizations are typically financed through a weighted (risk adjusted) capitation system which is regarded as an adequate and optimal tool for resource allocation purposes. Through capitation one needs to handle large inequities in the Hungarian health care system and keep an eye on the incentives for efficiency. For the capitation formula a relatively broad choice of risk adjusters are available in the form of pharmacy- and diagnosis-based patient level utilization data (health-based adjusters) and area level socio-economic data (non health-based adjusters). The instant application of health-based adjusters has limitations because they reflect a distorted provider structure and offer perverse incentives; therefore a gradual shift from using non health-based adjusters to health-based adjusters is preferred. The early phase of the capitation system also implies a strong presence of risk sharing arrangements and other complementary policies. Given that promoting efficiency and equity are to be pursued, the capitation approach outlined in this paper should serve as a guide to future Hungarian health care system reforms. Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) code: I28, G28, G32, H51en
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dc.identifier.citationCompetitio, Vol. 7 No. 2 (2008) , 147-160
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.21845/comp/2008/2/8
dc.identifier.eissn2939-7324
dc.identifier.issn1588-9645
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.jatitleCom
dc.identifier.jtitleCompetitio
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/320248en
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/competitio/article/view/7000
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerUniversity of Debrecen
dc.subjecthealth care reformen
dc.subjectresource allocationen
dc.subjectrisk adjusted capitationen
dc.subjectrisk sharingen
dc.subjectequityen
dc.subjectefficiencyen
dc.titleImplementing Risk Adjusted Capitation Payments with Health Care Reforms in Hungen
dc.typefolyóiratcikkhu
dc.typearticleen
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