ArticleInternational journal of health care finance and economics2009
Which preferred providers are really preferred? Effectiveness of insurers' channeling incentives on pharmacy choice.
Article in International journal of health care finance and economics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Discrete choice experiments of pharmacy services: a systematic review.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2016Pooled it
- Discrete choice experiments in health economics: a review of the literature.PharmacoEconomics · 2014Pooled it
- Optimal information disclosure strategy in the primary healthcare service market: From the perspective of signaling theory.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Analysing the preferences for family doctor contract services in rural China: a study using a discrete choice experiment.BMC family practice · 2020Article
- Advice from the health insurer as a channelling strategy: a natural experiment at a Dutch health insurance company.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Can decision biases improve insurance outcomes? An experiment on status quo bias in health insurance choice.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2013Article
- Dutch healthcare reform: did it result in better patient experiences in hospitals? A comparison of the consumer quality index over time.BMC health services research · 2012Article
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Abstract
Efficient contracting of health care requires effective consumer channeling. Little is known about the effectiveness of channeling strategies. We study channeling incentives on pharmacy choice using a large scale discrete choice experiment. Financial incentives prove to be effective. Positive financial incentives are less effective than negative financial incentives. Channeling through qualitative incentives also leads to a significant impact on provider choice. While incentives help to channel, a strong status quo bias needs to be overcome before consumers change pharmacies. Focusing on consumers who are forced to choose a new pharmacy seems to be the most effective strategy.
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