title: [Do healthcare insurers have too much power?]
abstract: In the Dutch healthcare system, healthcare insurers act as purchasers of care on behalf of their insured clients. To this end, the insurers form contractual agreements with healthcare providers. In the interest of balanced negotiations regarding price and quality, it is important that neither of the two parties has a disproportionate position of power. This paper discusses whether healthy power relationships exist between healthcare insurers and healthcare providers.
authors.affiliation: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, instituut Beleid en Management Gezondheidszorg, Rotterdam.
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Schut
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varkevisser
mesh_terms: D032982:Contracts; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007343:Insurance Carriers; D011209:Power, Psychological