Le rôle des conventions dans le système de santé

Abstract

Philippe Batifoulier: Role of conventions in health-care Systems. In health economies, the problem of allocating resources has long been based on market considerations and particularly on the traditional neoclassic model. The introduction of an organisation (in the widest sense of the term), in theory, enables an alternative mode of allocation to be based on the contract. However, institutions cannot be reduced to contracts. The health-care System is based on the existence of cognitive rules which ensure its efficacy. The compromise between unequal actors is then based on the constitution of coherent rules, i.e. health conventions.