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An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator

Barros, Carlos Pestana; Menezes, António Gomes de; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004 …, using an innovative approach by employing the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The … productivity indicator that is decomposed into the usual constituents of productivity growth: technological change and efficiency …

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The Impact of Teams on Output, Quality and Downtime: An Empirical Analysis Using Individual Panel Data

Kato, Takao; Jones, Derek C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

enhances productivity and quality through mechanisms including employees becoming better motivated, more informed and paying … greater attention to product details, we find that membership in offline teams: (i) initially enhances individual productivity …

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Nudges at the Dentist

Altmann, Steffen; Traxler, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We implement a randomized field experiment to study the impact of reminders on dental health prevention. Patients who are due for a check-up receive no reminder, a neutral reminder postcard, or reminders including additional information on the benefits of prevention. Our results document a...

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The Design of Insurance Coverage for Medical Products under Imperfect Competition

Bardey, David; Cremer, Helmuth; Lozachmeur, Jean-Marie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper studies the design of health insurance with ex post moral hazard, when there is imperfect competition in the market for the medical product. Various scenarios, such as monopoly pricing, price negotiation or horizontal differentiation are considered. The insurance contract specifies...

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Do Market Incentives in the Hospital Industry Affect Subjective Health Perceptions? Evidence from the Italian PPS-DRG Reform

Cappellari, Lorenzo; De Paoli, Anna; Turati, Gilberto - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We exploit time variation across Italian Regions in the implementation of a prospective pay systems (PPS) for hospitals based on Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) to assess their impact on self-assessed health status and on the use of health care services. We consider a survey of more than 600,000...

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Public, Private or Both? Analysing Factors Influencing the Labour Supply of Medical Specialists

Cheng, Terence Chai; Kalb, Guyonne; Scott, Anthony - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper investigates the factors influencing the allocation of time between public and private sectors by medical specialists. A discrete choice structural labour supply model is estimated, where specialists choose from a set of job packages that are characterised by the number of working...

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Do You Have to Win It to Fix It? A Longitudinal Study of Lottery Winners and Their Health Care Demand

Cheng, Terence Chai; Costa-i-Font, Joan; Powdthavee, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We exploit lottery wins to investigate the effects of exogenous changes to individuals' income on health care demand in the United Kingdom. This strategy allows us to estimate lottery income elasticities for a range of health care services that are publicly and privately provided. The results...

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International Migration Opportunities and Occupational Choice: A Case Study of Philippine Nurses 2002 to 2014

Arends-Kuenning, Mary P.; Calara, Alvaro; Go, Stella - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We analyze trends in nursing education in the Philippines during a period of rising and falling demand for Philippine nurses in the developed countries. Based on focus group discussion data obtained in the Philippines, we examine students' motivations to become nurses and to what extent their...

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Consequences of ADHD Medication Use for Children's Outcomes

Dalsgaard, Søren; Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Simonsen, Marianne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper estimates effects of early ADHD medication use on key human capital outcomes for children diagnosed with ADHD while using rarely available register based data on diagnoses and prescription drug purchases. Our main identification strategy exploits plausible exogenous assignment of...

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Returns to Childbirth Technologies: Evidence from Preterm Births

Daysal, N. Meltem; Trandafir, Mircea; van Ewijk, Reyn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We investigate the impact of obstetrician supervision, as opposed to midwife supervision, on the short-term health of low-risk newborns. We exploit a unique policy rule in the Netherlands that creates a large discontinuity in the probability of a low-risk birth being attended by an obstetrician...

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