Would greater transparency and uniformity of health care prices benefit poor patients?
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Kyle, MK; Ridley, DB
Published in: Health affairs (Project Hope)
September 2007
President Bush, the World Health Organization, and leading scholars have called for greater price transparency in health care. Prices are transparent when the buyer knows his or her price or knows prices paid by others, in advance. Transparent prices inform consumers of expected costs and reveal when sellers are charging high prices to poor people. Under some conditions, however, price transparency can increase prices paid by the poor, deter business entry in poor markets, reduce competition, lower investment, and mislead if inaccurately measured by a third party. We recommend alternative approaches to lowering prices for the poor and increasing efficiency.
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Health affairs (Project Hope)
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EISSN
1544-5208
ISSN
0278-2715
Publication Date
September 2007
Volume
26
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1384 / 1391
Related Subject Headings
- World Health Organization
- Prescription Fees
- Poverty
- Negotiating
- International Cooperation
- Humans
- Hospital Charges
- Health Policy & Services
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Health Care Sector
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Kyle, M. K., & Ridley, D. B. (2007). Would greater transparency and uniformity of health care prices benefit poor patients? Health Affairs (Project Hope), 26(5), 1384–1391. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.26.5.1384
Kyle, Margaret K., and David B. Ridley. “Would greater transparency and uniformity of health care prices benefit poor patients?” Health Affairs (Project Hope) 26, no. 5 (September 2007): 1384–91. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.26.5.1384.
Kyle MK, Ridley DB. Would greater transparency and uniformity of health care prices benefit poor patients? Health affairs (Project Hope). 2007 Sep;26(5):1384–91.
Kyle, Margaret K., and David B. Ridley. “Would greater transparency and uniformity of health care prices benefit poor patients?” Health Affairs (Project Hope), vol. 26, no. 5, Sept. 2007, pp. 1384–91. Epmc, doi:10.1377/hlthaff.26.5.1384.
Kyle MK, Ridley DB. Would greater transparency and uniformity of health care prices benefit poor patients? Health affairs (Project Hope). 2007 Sep;26(5):1384–1391.
Published In
Health affairs (Project Hope)
DOI
EISSN
1544-5208
ISSN
0278-2715
Publication Date
September 2007
Volume
26
Issue
5
Start / End Page
1384 / 1391
Related Subject Headings
- World Health Organization
- Prescription Fees
- Poverty
- Negotiating
- International Cooperation
- Humans
- Hospital Charges
- Health Policy & Services
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Health Care Sector