Too concentrated and too fragmented? An analysis of outpatient and inpatient market structure in Georgia
| Dates: | 23 June 2021 |
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| Times: | 11:00 - 12:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Alliance Manchester Business School |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Prof Catherine Goodman , Prof Kara Hanson |
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Please join us at the Institute for Health Policy and Organisation (IHPO) seminar series on 23 June.
Zoom recording: https://youtu.be/ccZ3_KTn1fU
Abstract:
The private sector is increasingly recognized as playing an important role in health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), and in many countries private providers are expected to play a substantial role in moves towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Developing policies for engaging with private health care providers requires a good understanding of how healthcare markets operate. While the risks of excess concentration have long been recognized, there is emerging evidence from some LMICs of the potential risks to patients of excess fragmentation. Georgia offers a striking case study of a highly privatized healthcare system in a LMIC, where for-profit providers are contracted and paid by a public single-payer, the Social Service Agency (SSA), that manages a pooled public fund. This paper explores the empirical challenges of measuring healthcare market structure, analyses the structure of markets for inpatient and outpatient services, and reflects on the implications of the findings for UHC-related policies, including both the risks arising from market power and the additional costs and risks to quality arising from fragmentation in some product markets.
Speakers:
Catherine Goodman (Professor of Health Economics and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) and Kara Hanson (Professor of Health System Economics, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Speakers
Prof Catherine Goodman
Role: Department of Global Health and Development
Organisation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Prof Kara Hanson
Role: Department of Global Health and Development
Organisation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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