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Market empowerment of the patient: the French experience.
Maryse GadreauJean-paul DominPhilippe Batifouliersubject
Economics and EconometricsStandardizationCompulsory insurancePatientsEconomicsmedia_common.quotation_subjectCopaymentsHealth Care SectorHistory 21st Century03 medical and health sciencesNational health insurance0302 clinical medicineHealth insurance0502 economics and businessHealth careEconomics[ SHS.ECO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economies and finances030212 general & internal medicineConsumer economicsMarket power050207 economicsEmpowerment[SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and FinanceComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSmedia_commonConsumer economicsPublic economics[QFIN]Quantitative Finance [q-fin]Consumer Health Informationbusiness.industry05 social sciencesPersonal empowermentNonmarket forcesStandard of CareHistory 20th Century[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance[QFIN] Quantitative Finance [q-fin]ReimbursementIncentiveInsurance providersMarket PowerPatient RightsFranceMarketizationPower Psychologicalbusinessdescription
Through analysis of the French experience, this article explores the way economic policy has sought to encourage active, well-informed patients by giving them market power. The new status of the patient as consumer is based on two foundations: the endeavour to build a healthcare market and the activation of demand-based policies. The keystone of this new system is a conception of the market as a process constructed by economic policy. Recent measures such as the standardization of care and the introduction of incentives to respect a treatment pathway then constitute effective levers to establish a free-market rationale.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-01 | Review of social economy |