'Moral Hazard' in Health Care

• Authors: Mucha J.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The following article deals with the issue of moral hazard in the health care system. In the case of the lack of immediate payment (or incomplete payment) for health service provided, patients tend to abuse the benefit system demanding extra services which exceed the necessary level in terms of quality. Also, it is a common fact that they neglect to foster individual health responsibilities. The authoress presents different types of abuse in this sphere, roots and consequences of this phenomenon and ways of neutralizing the problem.

Keywords

EN

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MORAL HAZARD EX ANTE; MORAL HAZARD EX POST

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 3(408)
• Pages: 9-12
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mucha J.

• J. Mucha, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski, al. Raclawickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA04378486