Search Results - subject:"Proximity to death"

Projecting health-care expenditure for Switzerland: further evidence against the 'red-herring' hypothesis

Colombier, Carsten; Weber, Werner - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

authors conclude that proximity to death and not age per se matters. In projecting health care expenditure for Switzerland the … present study provides evidence that proximity to death is of marginal importance. These projections suggest that population … overestimate proximity to death due to systematic biases. Finally, ever-increasing health-care expenditure can be slowed down by …

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Projecting health-care expenditure for Switzerland: further evidence against the 'red-herring' hypothesis

Colombier, Carsten; Weber, Werner - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008728070

Do Red Herrings Swim in Circles? – Controlling for the Endogeneity of Time to Death

Felder, Stefan; Werblow, Andreas; Zweifel, Peter - 2008

Studies on the effect of ageing on health care expenditures (HCE) have revealed the importance of controlling for time-to-death (TTD). These studies, however, are subject to possible endogeneity if HCE influences remaining life expectancy. This paper introduces a ten year observational period on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264741

Do Red Herrings Swim in Circles? – Controlling for the Endogeneity of Time to Death

Felder, Stefan; Werblow, Andreas; Zweifel, Peter - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2008

Studies on the effect of ageing on health care expenditures (HCE) have revealed the importance of controlling for time-to-death (TTD). These studies, however, are subject to possible endogeneity if HCE influences remaining life expectancy.This paper introduces a ten year observational period on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561964

A country for old men? : long term home care utilization in Europe

Balia, Silvia; Brau, Rinaldo - In: Health economics 23 (2014) 10, pp. 1185-1212

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Variation in the costs of dying and the role of different health services, socio-demographic characteristics, and preceding health care expenses

Rolden, Herbert J.A.; van Bodegom, David; Westendorp, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 120 (2014) C, pp. 110-117

The health care costs of population ageing are for an important part attributable to higher mortality rates in combination with high costs of dying. This paper answers three questions that remain unanswered regarding the costs of dying: (1) contributions of different health services to the costs...

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Use of hospital and long-term institutional care services in relation to proximity to death among older people in Finland

Murphy, Michael; Martikainen, Pekka - In: Social Science & Medicine 88 (2013) C, pp. 39-47

of days in acute hospital and long term institutional care services varies by age and proximity to death and how these … use patterns change as mortality improves. Acute health care use depends more on proximity to death than on age, a finding …

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Population ageing and its implications on aggregate health care demand: empirical evidence from 22 OECD countries

Palangkaraya, Alfons; Yong, Jongsay - In: International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics 9 (2009) 4, pp. 391-402

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008491874