Can user charges make health care more efficient?
Sarah Thomson, Thomas Foubister, and Elias Mossialos explain why charging patients for health services we want them to use makes little economic sense.
Thomson
Sarah
S
LSE Health, London WC2A 2AE. s.thomson@lse.ac.uk
Foubister
Thomas
T
Mossialos
Elias
E
D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005251:Fees, Medical; D005602:France; D005858:Germany; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D011306:Prescription Fees; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States