caa a22 4500 606167587 CHVBK 20210128100703.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10754-015-9162-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10754-015-9162-4 Jelovac Izabela University of Lyon, 69007, Lyon, France aut Physicians' balance billing, supplemental insurance and access to health care [Elektronische Daten] [Izabela Jelovac] Some countries allow physicians to balance bill patients, that is, to bill a fee above the one that is negotiated with, and reimbursed by the health authorities. Balance billing is known for restricting access to physicians' services while supplemental insurance against balance billing amounts is supposed to alleviate the access problem. This paper analyzes in a theoretical setting the consequences of balance billing on the fees setting and on the inequality of access among the users of physicians' services. It also shows that supplemental insurance against the expenses associated with balance billing, rather than alleviating the access problem, increases it. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Physicians' fees nationallicence Balance billing nationallicence Supplemental insurance nationallicence International Journal of Health Economics and Management Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/2(2015-06-01), 269-280 2199-9023 15:2<269 2015 15 10754 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-015-9162-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-015-9162-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Jelovac Izabela University of Lyon, 69007, Lyon, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Health Economics and Management Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/2(2015-06-01), 269-280 2199-9023 15:2<269 2015 15 10754