The objective of this study consists in quantifying in money terms the potential reduction in usage of public health … care outlets associated to the tenure of double (public plus private) insurance. In order to address the problem, a … probabilistic model for visits to physicians is specified and estimated using data from the Catalonian Health Survey. Also, a model …

The objective of this study consists in quantifying in money terms the potential reduction in usage of public health … care outlets associated to the tenure of double (public plus private) insurance. In order to address the problem, a … probabilistic model for visits to physicians is specified and estimated using data from the Catalonian Health Survey. Also, a model …

This paper studies the mechanism for the equity of payments for using the Colombian health system, defined as the … payment system are studied, as well as a particular case of a homogeneous population. Health services are grouped together …

efficiency of health centres in Finland between 1990 and 2003. To address potential non-random or endogenous treatment assignment … insignificant on the productive efficiency of health centres. … contrast to earlier studies, this paper approaches the economies of scale issue by analysing the break-ups of municipal health …

comparison effect, decrease subsequent demand. This tension is particularly important for the distribution of health products in … Uganda in which three health products differing in their scope for learning were initially offered either for free or for …

, including variables that were insignificant in the global parameter models. Results suggest health care scholars consider … varying parameter models in order to avoid global statements concerning health care relationships and evaluating the … performance of health policy. …

comparison effect, decrease subsequent demand. This tension is particularly important for the distribution of health products in … Uganda in which three health products differing in their scope for learning were initially offered either for free or for …

a comparison effect, decrease subsequent demand. This tension is particularly important for the distribution of health … experiment in Northern Uganda in which three health products differing in their scope for learning were initially offered either …

This paper analyses the demand for private health care by Spanish households using a micro budget survey. The … private health care, how often to do so and how much to spend each time and also the effects of unobserved heterogeneity …. Since the theoretical framework corresponds to the Grossman model of health investment, the results also provide a test of …