Similar Search Results

Voorneveld, Mark - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2002

The Pareto dominance relation is shown to be the unique nontrivial partial order on the set of finite-dimensional real vectors satisfying a number of intuitive properties.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649371

Efficiency in the Treatment of Hip Fractures

Tambour, Magnus; Zethraeus, Niklas - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

This study addresses the issue of efficiency in the treatment and rehabilitation of hip fracture patients in Sweden … after fracture. Each hip fracture treatment process is evaluated in terms of technical and allocative efficiency, using data … Stockholm area amount to about 40 million SEK assuming overall efficiency which represents about 11 percent of the total costs …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649138

Redistributive Effects of the Swedish Health Care Financing System

Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Sundberg, Gun - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1996

The paper investigates the redistributive effects of the Swedish health care financing system in 1980 and 1990 for four different financial sources: County council taxes, payroll taxes, direct payments oand state grants. The redistributive effects are decomposed into vertical, horizontal and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771166

Equity in Health Care Utilisation: Further Tests Based on Hurdle models and Swedish Micro Data

Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1996

of departure from equity, as a result of supplier-induced demand. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423884

Taxation, Inequality and the Allocation of Talent

Bergman, Malin - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2003

capital accumulation. In particular, while redistributive policy is likely to be successful both in terms of efficiency and … equity in low-tax societies, it may be highly detrimental in both respects if the rate of redistribution is already moderate …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649166

Taking Advice from Imperfectly Informed Lobbyists: When to Match Hawks with Hawks

Frisell, Lars - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000

In this paper we study a sender-receiver game between an uninformed government and two informed lobbyists. There is a conflict of interest between government and lobbyists in the sense that the government's payoff is state-dependent while lobbyists prefer a certain policy irrespective of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423873

Commitee decisions: optimality and equilibrium

Laslier, Jean-François; Weibull, Jörgen - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2008

We consider a committee facing a binary decision under uncertainty. Each member holds some private information. Members may have different preferences and initial beliefs, but they all agree which decision should be taken in each of the two states of the world. We characterize the optimal...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005649510

Costs and quality of life associated with osteoporosis related fractures - Results from a Swedish survey

Zethraeus, Niklas; Borgström, Fredrik; Johnell, Olof; … - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2002

There are few studies investigating the consequences of osteoporotic (low bone density) fractures in terms of costs and health outcomes. The purpose of this Swedish pilot study is to assess the costs and quality of life related to fractures of the hip, spine, wrist and shoulder and further to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771160

Costs and Quality of Life in Multiple Sclerosis. A Cross-Sectional Observational Study in the UK

Kobelt, Gisela; Lindgren, Peter; Parkin, David; … - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2000

Abstract: We performed a cross-sectional, "bottom-up" observational study of resource consumption and quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the United Kingdom. Three centers participated in the study. Patients received a questionnaire either by mail or during a clinic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771170

Quality of Life and the WTP for an Increased Life Expectancy at an Advanced Age

Johannesson, Magnus; Johansson, Per-Olov - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1995

In this study we report an attempt to measure the value adult Swedes impute to an increased survival probability at high ages. A rating scale between the worst possible quality of life (=1) and the best possible quality of life (=10) is used to indicate the quality of life a person expects to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190820