In Table 12.4, the market penetration for managed care rises from 40 percent to 50 percent between

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In Table 12.4, the market penetration for managed care rises from 40 percent to 50 percent between Periods 1 and 2 and stays at 50 percent. Suppose, instead, that it fell from 40 percent to 30 percent and stayed at 30 percent.

(a) What would happen to total costs and to rates of cost increase?

(b) How do your results compare to the discussion regarding Table 12.4? Why?

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The Economics Of Health And Health Care

ISBN: 9781138208049

8th Edition

Authors: Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano

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