Download This PaperWelfare Properties of Restrictions to Health Care Services Based on Cost Effectiveness
12 Pages Posted: 19 Feb 2009
Date Written: February 16, 2009
Abstract
In this note we explore the welfare properties the cost effectiveness criterion as an instrument to improve the appropriateness of health care. We show that such instrument is optimal only under specific assumptions relating to the shape of the welfare function and the utility of health care.
Keywords: Cost effectiveness, welfare analysis, appropriateness
JEL Classification: I11,I18
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Levaggi, Laura and Levaggi, Rosella, Welfare Properties of Restrictions to Health Care Services Based on Cost Effectiveness (February 16, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1344408 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1344408
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