The Norwegian Health Care System:
This paper examines the Norwegian health care system from an economic perspective. While acknowledging the excellent quality of services delivered by the Norwegian health care system, it identifies a number of problem areas, in particular: i) the long waiting lists for hospital admission and lack of...
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| Summary: | This paper examines the Norwegian health care system from an economic perspective. While acknowledging the excellent quality of services delivered by the Norwegian health care system, it identifies a number of problem areas, in particular: i) the long waiting lists for hospital admission and lack of medical staff; ii) the marked regional variation in per capita health care expenditure (which cannot be fully explained by demographic factors); and iii) the risks to cost control associated with soft budget constraints and collective wage bargaining of doctors. A series of recent reforms, most importantly a move from block grant to activity-based funding of hospitals, should provide incentives for raising efficiency in health care provision but also risk leading to "treatment inflation" ... |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (32 Seiten) 21 x 29.7cm |
| DOI: | 10.1787/571585217086 |
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| spelling | van den Noord, Paul Verfasser aut The Norwegian Health Care System Paul van den Noord, Terje Hagen and Tor Iversen Paris OECD Publishing 1998 1 Online-Ressource (32 Seiten) 21 x 29.7cm txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier OECD Economics Department Working Papers This paper examines the Norwegian health care system from an economic perspective. While acknowledging the excellent quality of services delivered by the Norwegian health care system, it identifies a number of problem areas, in particular: i) the long waiting lists for hospital admission and lack of medical staff; ii) the marked regional variation in per capita health care expenditure (which cannot be fully explained by demographic factors); and iii) the risks to cost control associated with soft budget constraints and collective wage bargaining of doctors. A series of recent reforms, most importantly a move from block grant to activity-based funding of hospitals, should provide incentives for raising efficiency in health care provision but also risk leading to "treatment inflation" ... Economics Norway Hagen, Terje ctb Iversen, Tor ctb https://doi.org/10.1787/571585217086 Verlag kostenfrei Volltext |
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