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Double coverage and demand for health care: Evidence from quantile regression
S, Moreira; P, Pita Barros - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962216
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Effects of geographical accessibility on the use of outpatient care services: quasi-experimental evidence from administrative panel data
Elek, P.; Varadi, B.; Varga, M. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2014
effect on case numbers, possibly caused by supplier-induced demand. By combining a fixed effect logit model and a fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011086689
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Why Does the Utilization of Pharmaceuticals Vary So Much Across Europe? Evidence from Micro Data on Older Europeans
D, Lambrelli; O’Donnell O - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2009
the utilization of pharmaceuticals among older Europeans. Use of medication is examined among all individuals aged 50+ in … exist effective drug therapies. Organizational factors include the density of pharmacies and of physicians, retail prices …, reimbursement rates, restrictions on retailing of pharmaceuticals and incentives designed to influence prescribing behaviour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005129592
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The Welfare Impact of Parallel Imports: A Structural Approach Applied to the German Market for Oral Anti-diabetics
Duso, T.; Herr, A.; Suppliet, M - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2014
and 2010. We estimate a two-stage nested logit model of demand and, based on an oligopolistic model of multiproduct firms … demand-side surplus by e19 million per year (or e130 million in total) which is relatively small compared to the average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133579
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Does quality affect patients’ choice of doctor? Evidence from the UK
Santos, R.; Gravelle, H.; Propper, C. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2014
improve quality is that providers will face higher demand if they improve their quality. In this paper we test this crucial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133583
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Why do patients bypass the nearest hospital? An empirical analysis for orthopaedics care and neurosurgery in the Netherlands
Varkevisser, Marco; Geest, Stéphanie van der - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2006
Using individual patient level hospital utilisation data for 2003, we examine the decisions of Dutch patients to bypass the nearest hospital for orthopaedics and neurosurgery. During our sample period, health insurers did not steer patients to preferred hospitals and performance indicators were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005523925
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An analysis of mammography decisions with a focus on educational differences.
Biro, Aniko - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2012
I analyze the decisions on undertaking breast screening by women aged 50-64 in the UK. I provide estimation results on the discounting of the potential future benefits of screening. I also analyze the education di¤erences in mammography decisions,and examine the underlying mechanism how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010602589
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State and self investments in health
Fichera1, E; Sutton, M - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2010
We consider how individuals' decisions on their health behaviours depend on the level of investment in their health provided by the State. We develop the model provided by Ehrlich and Becker (1972) and Peltzman (1975) and we show that higher levels of protection provided by the State (either...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008455406
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Re-visiting the Health Care Luxury Good Hypothesis: Aggregation, Precision, and Publication Biases?
Costa-Font, J; M, Gemmill; G, Rubert - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2009
While a growing literature examining the relationship between income and health expenditures suggests that health care is a luxury good, this conclusion is contentiously debated due to heterogeneity of the existing results. This paper tests the luxury good hypothesis (namely that income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328370
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Multitasking, quality and pay for performance
Kaarboe, Oddvar Martin; Siciliani, Luigi - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2008
We present a model of optimal contracting between a purchaser and a provider of health services when quality has two dimensions. We assume that one dimension of quality is contractible (dimension 1) and one dimension is not contractible (dimension 2). We show that the optimal incentive scheme...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328472