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regression analysis is applied to 1) a set of health behaviors including smoking, binge drinking and obesity, and 2) a set of … testing and mammography. Results – Higher smoking and binge drinking rates and lower rates of female cancer screening among …
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This paper characterizes optimal policies in the presence of tax evasion and undocumented workers. Equilibrium can be characterized as segmented or non-segmented, depending on whether domestic workers work exclusively in the formal sector (segmented) or also in the informal sector...
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Using data from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey, the current study expands on previous research on the healthy immigrant effect (HIE) in adult populations by considering the effects of both immigrant and visible minority status on health for males and females in mid- (45- 64) and later...
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In this paper, we use data from the confidential master files of the Canadian Census over the years 1991-2006 to study the geographic mobility of immigrant and non-immigrant physicians who are already resident in Canada. We consider both inter- and intra- provincial migration, with a particular...
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Il presente rapporto analizza l'impatto del DL 15/04/2002 n. 63 del Governo Italiano ("Misure per il contenimento della spesa farmaceutica"), con particolare riferimento agli effetti indotti da tali misure sulle decisioni di investimento delle imprese, sulla struttura dell'industria di...
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This study estimates the effects of a mandatory, universal prescription drug insurance program in a public health care system with free physician and hospital services. In 1997 all residents of the province of Quebec, Canada, were required by law to have drug insurance coverage. Under this...
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Claims of the unsustainability of Medicare abound and have been fuelled by the consequences of the 2008-09 economic recession. The looming question for Canadian public health care services is "How will public administrations in Canada sustain their health care expenditures during the next few...
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L'Italia sta affrontando la riforma federalista della sanità in maniera inadeguata. Il trasferimento delle responsabilità economico-finanziarie dallo Stato alle Regioni sta avvenendo all'interno di una cornice normativa incompleta e su più punti internamente incoerente. Le difficoltà...
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I farmaci innovativi ad alto costo ci fanno toccare con mano quali potranno essere i dilemmi della sanità futura se non si completano le riforme della governance di questo capitolo complesso della spesa pubblica (non solo federalismo, ma sistemi contabili e di reporting, schemi di...
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Utilizzando la banca dati OECD Health Data 2003, questo lavoro ricostruisce le principali caratteristiche degli andamenti recenti della spesa sanitaria pubblica nei Paesi OCSE, con particolare riferimento alla posizione dell'Italia. L'analisi considera tre aspetti tra loro interconnessi: - la...
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