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 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 …

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 …

account rather than focusing on the behavior of health professionals. …

account rather than focusing on the behavior of health professionals. …

, 1995 and 1997 editions of the Spanish National Health Surveys. The estimates for several parametric models of the hazard … rate for starting and quitting suggest that i) The public health measures applied as of 1992 have had a significative …

, 1995 and 1997 editions of the Spanish National Health Surveys. The estimates for several parametric models of the hazard … rate for starting and quitting suggest that i) The public health measures applied as of 1992 have had a significative …

the Informal Support Survey (1994, 2004). Testing for double sample selection from formal care receipt and the emergence … increased between 1994 and 2004. Finally, in the model for 2004, the selection term associated with the unmet needs equation is …

In this article we examine the potential effect of market structure on hospital technical efficiency as a measure of … recommended and initiated deregulation policies in order to promote market reforms in the context of a European National Health … scale efficiency scores for each hospital was obtained specifying a Data Envelopment Analysis. According to the data nearly …