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Acceptance of Selective Contracting: The Role of Trust in the Health Insurer.

In a demand oriented health care system based on managed competition, health insurers have incentives to become prudent buyers of care on behalf of their enrollees. This paper aims to study the role played by enrolees’ trust in the health insurer on their acceptance of selective contracting.

Publication Year:

2013

Publisher

SPARC

Author:

Romy E Bes, Sonja Wendel, Emile C Curfs, Peter P Groenewegen & Judith D de Jong
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