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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1. Verfasser: van den Noord, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hagen, Terje (MitwirkendeR), Iversen, Tor (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Paris OECD Publishing 1998
Schriftenreihe:OECD Economics Department Working Papers no.198
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Zusammenfassung: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" ...
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (32 p.) 21 x 29.7cm.
DOI:10.1787/571585217086

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