The Swiss Health System: Regulated Competition Without Managed Care

Reinhardt analyzes the Swiss experimentation with consumer choice in the market for health insurance as studied by Herzlinger and Parsa-Parsi, and its feasibility to the American health care industry. Among other things, he details several factors affecting and conditioning it namely, the nation...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2004-09, Vol.292 (10), p.1227-1231
Main Author: Reinhardt, Uwe E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consumer Behavior
Delivery of Health Care - economics
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health Care Sector
Health insurance
Health Services Research
Insurance premiums
Managed Competition
National Health Programs - organization & administration
Public health
Quality of service
Switzerland
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Summary:Reinhardt analyzes the Swiss experimentation with consumer choice in the market for health insurance as studied by Herzlinger and Parsa-Parsi, and its feasibility to the American health care industry. Among other things, he details several factors affecting and conditioning it namely, the nation's demography and economic status. Finally, by way of conclusion, he highlights the role played by tight government regulation in the entire system, which is the most impressive about the Swiss health system.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.292.10.1227