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Technological adoption in health care
Barros, Pedro Luis Pita; Martinez-Giralt, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper addresses the impact of payment systems on the rate of technology adoption. We present a model where technological shift is driven by demand uncertainty, increased patients' benefit, financial variables, and the reimbursement system to providers. Two payment systems are studied: cost...
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Can We Measure Hospital Quality from Physicians' Choices?
Machado, Matilde Pinto; Mora, Ricardo; Romero-Medina, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
In this paper, we propose an alternative methodology for ranking hospitals based on the choices of Medical School graduates over hospital training vacancies. Our methodology is therefore a revealed preference approach. Our methodology for measuring relative hospital quality has the following...
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Intrafamily Resource Allocations: A Dynamic Model of Birth Weight
del Bono, Emilia; Ermisch, John F; Francesconi, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper estimates a model of dynamic intrahousehold investment behavior which incorporates family fixed effects and child endowment heterogeneity. This framework is applied to large American and British survey data on birth outcomes, with focus on the effects of antenatal parental smoking and...
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‘The Child is Father of the Man:’ Implications for the Demographic Transition
de la Croix, David; Licandro, Omar - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We propose a new theory of the demographic transition based on the evidence that body development during childhood is an important predictor of adult life expectancy. Fertility, childhood development, longevity, education and income growth all result from individual decisions. Parents face a...
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Autopsy on an Empire: Understanding Mortality in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
Brainerd, Elizabeth; Cutler, David M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
survey data, we assess six possible explanations for this upsurge in mortality. Most find little support in the data: the … mortality rates. The two factors that do appear to be important are alcohol consumption, especially as it relates to external …
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Schooling and Youth Mortality: Learning from a Mass Military Exemption
Cipollone, Piero; Rosolia, Alfonso - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We examine the relationship between education and mortality in a young population of Italian males. In 1981 several … schooling or lower mortality rates, thus excluding that the main findings reflect direct effects of military service on … subsequent mortality rather than a causal effect of schooling. We conclude that increasing the proportion of high school …
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The Estimation of Linear Models with Future Rational Expectations by Efficient and Instrumental Variable Methods
Wickens, Michael R. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1986
This paper considers the estimation of a number of commonly used single-equation linear models, all of which have … proposed in each case. The choice of estimation method is usually represented as a trade-off between efficiency on the one hand … of an efficient estimation method depends on whether or not the model has a unique solution and often this will not be …
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Health Insurance without Single Crossing: why healthy people have high coverage
Boone, Jan; Schottmüller, Christoph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Standard insurance models predict that people with high (health) risks have high insurance coverage. It is empirically documented that people with high income have lower health risks and are better insured. We show that income differences between risk types lead to a violation of single crossing...
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Patient Mobility, Health Care Quality and Welfare
Brekke, Kurt Richard; Levaggi, Rosella; Siciliani, Luigi; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Patient mobility is a key issue in the EU who recently passed a new law on patients' right to EU-wide provider choice. In this paper we use a Hotelling model with two regions that differ in technology to study the impact of patient mobility on health care quality, health care financing and...
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Sinking, Swimming, or Learning to Swim in Medicare Part D
Ketcham, Jonathan D.; Lucarelli, Claudio; Miravete, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Under Medicare Part D, senior citizens choose prescription drug insurance offred by numerous private insurers. We examine non-poor enrollees' actions in 2006 and 2007 using panel data. Our sample reduced overspending by $298 on average, with gains by 81% of them. The greatest improvements were...
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