End-stage Renal Disease and Economic Incentives: The International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing / Avi Dor, Mark V. Pauly, Margaret A. Eichleay, Philip J. Held.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dor, Avi.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Pauly, Mark V.

Eichleay, Margaret A.

Held, Philip J.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w13125.

NBER working paper series no. w13125

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

End-stage Renal Disease and Economic Incentives

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2007.

Summary:

End-stage renal disease (ESRD), or kidney failure, is a debilitating, costly, and increasingly common medical condition. Little is known about how different financing approaches affect ESRD outcomes and delivery of care. This paper presents results from a comparative review of 12 countries with alternative models of incentives and benefits, collected under the International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing, a substudy within the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study. Variation in spending per ESRD patient is relatively small and is correlated with overall per capita health care spending. Between-country variations in spending are reduced using an input price parity index constructed for this study. Remaining differences in costs and outcomes do not seem strongly linked to differences in incentives embedded in national programs.

Notes:

Print version record

May 2007.