[Analysis of contractual incentives for kidney transplants in Brazil using the principal-agent model].
The aim of this article was to analyze contractual incentives for kidney transplants in Brazil based on the principal-agent model. The approach assumes that the Brazilian Ministry of Health is the principal and the public hospitals accredited by the National Transplant System are the agent. The Ministry of Health's welfare depends on measures taken by hospitals in kidney uptake. Hospitals allocate administrative, financial, and management efforts to conduct measures in kidney donation, removal, uptake, and transplantation. Hospitals may choose the levels of effort that are consistent with the payments and incentives received in relation to transplantation costs. The solution to this type of problem lies in structuring an optimal incentives contract, which requires aligning the interests of both parties involved in the transplantation system.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Econômicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brasil.
Cassia Kely Favoretto
CK
Costa
Programa de Pós-graduação em Economia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil.|Instituto de Avaliações de Tecnologias em Saúde, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Giácomo
G
Balbinotto
Departamento de Ciências Administrativas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brasil.
Luciano Menezes Bezerra
LM
Sampaio
D000465:Algorithms; D001938:Brazil; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000191:economics*; D017059:Models, Econometric; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000191:economics; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*