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Child mortality in India: Exploring the community-level effect of education
Kravdal, Øystein - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
education among women (but not men) in the census enumeration area has a strong impact on child mortality, net of the mother …’s own education. The relatively low child mortality associated with women’s autonomy explains some of this community … determinants of mortality, such as the use of maternity and other preventive health services, the child’s nutrition, and the mother …
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Patient switching in a list patient system
Iversen, Tor; Lurås, Hilde - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
We study whether the information patients have about physician quality when they choose a physician, influences their probability of switching physicians. We also study whether a physician with unfavorable characteristics, as perceived by patients (ex post), can compensate for patient switching...
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Cost-effectiveness of screening for colorectal cancer with once-only flexible sigmoidoscopy and faecal occult blood test
Aas, Eline - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
On the basis of a randomized controlled trial we estimate the cost per life-year gained for six different strategies for colorectal cancer screening. Individuals in the age group 50 to 64 years were randomly selected for either flexible sigmoidoscopy or a combination of flexible sigmoidoscopy...
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Optimal Screening for Genetic Diseases
Nævdal, Eric - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
Screening for genetic diseases is performed in many regions and/or ethnic groups where there is a high prevalence of possibly malign genes. The propagation of such genes can be considered dynamic externality. Given that many of these diseases are untreatable and give rise to truly tragic...
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Does quality influence choice of general practitioner? An analysis of matched doctor-patient panel data
Biørn, Erik; Godager, Geir - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
, inter alia, a LISREL type of model,is used. The patient excess mortality rate at the GP level is one indicator of the …
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Innovation and market dynamics in the EPO market
Sorisio, Enrico; Strøm, Steinar - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
In this paper we study the demand and supply of erythropoietin in four Nordic countries, using an econometric model based on discrete choice and a random utility model. It measures the effect of price changes as well as the loyalty of patients and physicians to a drug. Our main aims are to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025467
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Costs and health consequences of chlamydia management strategies among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa
Romoen, Maria; Sundby, Johanne; Hjortdahl, Per; … - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
Objectives: Chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection worldwide and a major cause of morbidity – particularly among women and neonates. We compared costs and health consequences of using point-of-care (POC) tests with current syndromic management among antenatal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025469
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Regulation versus practice - The impact of accessibility on the use of specialist health care in Norway
Iversen, Tor; Kopperud, Gry Stine - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
In Norway specialized health services are provided both by public hospitals and by privately practicing specialists who have a contract with the public sector. Patients’ co-payment is the same irrespective of the type of provider they visit. The ambition of equity in the allocation of medical...
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Cost-effectiveness analysis in the health sector when there is a private alternative to public treatment
Hoel, Michael - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
In health economics, cost-effectiveness is defined as maximized health benefits for a given health budget. When there is a private alternative to public treatments, care must be taken when using costeffectiveness analysis to decide what types of treatments should be included in the public...
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Optimal prevention when informal penalties matter: The case of medical errors
Grepperud, Sverre - Helseøkonomisk Forskningsprogram (HERO), Universitetet … - 2009
Individuals often respond with strong emotions to being penalised. Such responses suggest that informal penalties are important and play a role in creating deterrence. In this paper informal penalties are analysed in the context of medical errors. The introduction of informal penalties, if...
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