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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR:NIGERIA

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005

GOOD HEALTH IS A CRUCIAL PART OF WELL-BEING BUT SPENDING ON HEALTH CAN BE JUSTIFIED ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS. THE GOAL OF REDUCING POVERTY PROVIDES A DIFFERENT BUT EQUALLY POWERFUL CASE FOR HEALTH INVESTMENTS. HOWEVER, IF POLICYMAKERS ARE TO ACCELERATE THE SUBSTANTIAL HEALTH GAINS OF RECENT DECADES,...

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Managed Care, Physician Incentives, and Norms of Medical

Cooper, David J.; Rebitzer, James B. - EconWPA - 2002

The incentive contracts that managed care organizations write with physicians have generated considerable controversy … physician, competition will lead to a "race to the bottom" in which managed care plans induce physicians to offer only minimal … asymmetry¾physicians perceive quality of care perfectly, and patients don't perceive it at all. We find that even in this stark …

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MODELLING THE HEALTH SECTOR POLICY REFORMS FOR NIGERIA:A PHASED PROJECT STUDY

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005

Good health is a crucial part of well-being but spending on health can be justified on economic grounds. The goal of reducing poverty provides a different but equally powerful case for health investments. However, if policymakers are to accelerate the substantial health gains of recent decades,...

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"Change, Consolidation, and Competition in Health Care Markets"

Gaynor, Martin; Haas-Wilson, Deborah - EconWPA - 1998

The health care industry is being transformed. Large firms are merging and acquiring other firms. Alliances and contractual relations between players in this market are shifting rapidly. Within the next few years, many markets are predicted to be dominated by a few large firms. Antitrust...

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Space, Growth and Technology: an Integrated Dynamic Approach

Gomes, Orlando - EconWPA - 2004

Economic phenomena are interrelated. From a growth perspective, time analysis concerning the choices of present and future consumption and the choices between the allocation of scientific resources should be combined with a space analysis regarding the dissemination of economic activity through...

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Intelligence, Human Capital, and Economic Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach

Jones, Garett; Schneider, W. Joel - EconWPA - 2005

Human capital plays an important role in the theory of economic growth, but it has been difficult to measure this abstract concept. We survey the psychological literature on cross-cultural IQ tests, and conclude that modern intelligence tests are well-suited for measuring an important form of a...

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The Optimal Control of Technology Choices

Gomes, Orlando - EconWPA - 2004

We may distinguish between two concepts of technology: a theoretical level of technology (that is, a technology possibilities frontier) and a level of technology in practice (that is, ready to use in production technology). Having these two concepts in mind, the paper develops an intertemporal...

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IQ in the Ramsey Model: A Naive Calibration

Jones, Garett - EconWPA - 2005

I show that in a conventional Ramsey model, between one-fourth and one- half of income differences across countries can be explained by a single factor: The steady-state effect of large, persistent differences in national average IQ on worker productivity. These differences in cognitive...

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Implications of the Economics of Religion to the Empirical Economic Research

Mangeloja, Esa - EconWPA - 2003

This paper collects most recent developments in the emerging economic sub-area Economics of Religion. According to secularization thesis, the importance of beliefs and religious activities should weaken as education, scientific knowledge and economic welfare increases. That hypothesis has been...

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Density versus Quality in Health Care Provision: Using Household Data to Make Budgetary Choices in Ethiopia

Collier, Paul; Dercon, Stefan; Mackinnon, John - EconWPA - 2004

Usage of health facilities in Ethiopia is among the lowest in the world; raising usage rates is probably critical for improving health outcomes. The government has diagnosed the principal problem as the lack of primary health facilities and is devoting a large share of the health budget to...

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