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Health Financing in Vanuatu : Challenges and Options
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Population growth, an unfinished agenda of communicable diseases and maternal health and nutrition, and the rapid rise of Non-communicable diseases are putting increasing strain on not just the Ministry of Health budget, but also the broader financial position of the government as a whole. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010932944
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Contracting for Primary Health Care in Brazil: The Cases of Bahia and Rio de Janeiro
Araujo, Edson; Cavalini, Luciana; Girardi, Sabado; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
This study presents two case studies, each on a current initiative of contracting for primary health services in Brazil, one for the state of Bahia, the other for the city of Rio de Janeiro. The two initiatives are not linked and their implementation has independently sprung from a search for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010937830
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Economics and Ethics of Results-Based Financing for Family Planning: Evidence and Policy Implications
Chowdury, Sadia; Vergeer, Petra; Schmidt, Harald; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
This paper was developed for World Bank task team leaders (TTLs) and teams designing results-based financing (RBF) programs in family planning (FP). It explores the rationale for introducing such incentives based on insights from classical and behavioral economics, to respond to supply- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754599
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The Role of Heterogeneity of Patients’ Preferences in Kidney Transplantation
Genie, Mesfin G - 2019
We elicit time and risk preferences for kidney transplantation from the entire population of patients of the largest … Italian transplant centre using a discrete choice experiment (DCE). We measure patients' willingness-to-wait (WTW), expressed … mixed logit in WTW-space model, we find heterogeneity in patients' preferences. Our model allows WTW to vary with the …
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Do Kidney Exchanges Improve Patient Outcomes?
Teltser, Keith - 2020
substitution patterns between exchange transplants and other transplant outcomes. Exploiting variation in patients exposure to …
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The role of heterogeneity of patients' preferences in kidney transplantation
Genie, Mesfin G.; Nicolò, Antonio; Pasini, Giacomo - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012105032
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An empirical framework for sequential assignment : the allocation of deceased donor kidneys
Agarwal, Nikhil; Ashlagi, Itai; Rees, Michael A.; … - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997476
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Cadaveric vs. live-donor kidney transplants : the interaction of institutions and inequality
Anbarci, Nejat (contributor); Caglayan, Mustafa (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387594
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Removing financial barriers to organ and bone marrow donation : the effect of leave and tax legislation in the US
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario; Stith, Sarah S. - 2012
In an attempt to alleviate the shortfall in organs and bone marrow available for transplants, many U.S. states passed legislation providing leave to organ and bone marrow donors and/or tax benefits for live and deceased organ and bone marrow donations and to employers of donors. We exploit...
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The determinants of the willingness to be an organ donor
Mocan, Naci; Tekin, Erdal - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002815921