Risk-Adjusting the Doughnut Hole to Improve Efficiency and Equity

An important goal of consumer cost-sharing in health insurance is to increase incentives for cost containment. A relatively new cost-sharing phenomenon is the “doughnut hole”: a gap in coverage starting at a predefined level of medical expenses. An important question is where to locate the starting...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Richard C. van Kleef, Wynand P. M. M. van de Ven, Rene C. J. A. van Vliet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-11-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_48.04.05