title: Welfare properties of restrictions to health care based on cost effectiveness.
abstract: In this note we explore the welfare properties of access restrictions to health care based on cost effectiveness. We show that such instrument can improve the average effectiveness of health care, but it is optimal only under specific assumptions relating to the shape of the welfare function and the utility of health care.
authors: Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Levaggi
authors: Rosella
authors: R
authors: Levaggi
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D012946:Social Welfare; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom