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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 … change. The results show that, on average, Portuguese hospitals did not experience productivity growth during the period … analyzed. In addition, the incidence of positive productivity growth across Portuguese hospitals was remarkably low. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233852
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Spillover Effects of Drug Safety Warnings on Health Behavior
Daysal, N. Meltem; Orsini, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
-2007, we find statistically significant small negative spillovers on post-menopausal women's likelihood of having an annual … that these spillovers may contribute to the existing health disparities by education. …
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Classic Monopsony or New Monopsony? Searching for Evidence in Nursing Labor Markets
Hirsch, Barry T.; Schumacher, Edward J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The market for hospital registered nurses (RNs) is often offered as an example of “classic” monopsony, while a “new” monopsony literature emphasizes firm labor supply being upwardsloping for reasons other than market structure. Using data from several sources, we explore the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822249
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Nurses' Labour Supply Elasticities: The Importance of Accounting for Extensive Margins
Hanel, Barbara; Kalb, Guyonne; Scott, Anthony - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Many countries face a continuing shortage in nurses' labour supply. Previous research suggests that nurses respond only weakly to changes in wages. We estimate a multi-sector model of nursing qualification holders' labour supply in different occupations. A structural approach allows us to model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279280
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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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Public Employment and Political Pressure: The Case of French Hospitals
Clark, Andrew E.; Milcent, Carine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper uses an unusual administrative dataset covering the universe of French hospitals to consider hospital … employment: this is consistently higher in public hospitals than in Not-For-Profit (NFP) or private hospitals, even controlling … for a number of measures of hospital output. NFP hospitals serve as a benchmark, being very similar to Public hospitals …
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Physician Payment Mechanisms, Hospital Length of Stay and Risk of Readmission: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Échevin, Damien; Fortin, Bernard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We provide an analysis of the effect of physician payment methods on their hospital patients' length of stay and risk of readmission. To do so, we exploit a major reform implemented in Quebec (Canada) in 1999. The Quebec Government introduced an optional mixed compensation (MC) scheme for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884181
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Mental Illness and Unhappiness
Layard, Richard; Chisholm, Dan; Patel, Vikram; Saxena, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper is a contribution to the second World Happiness Report. It makes five main points. 1. Mental health is the biggest single predictor of life-satisfaction. This is so in the UK, Germany and Australia even if mental health is included with a six-year lag. It explains more of the variance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884297
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Link between Pay for Performance Incentives and Physician Payment Mechanisms: Evidence from the Diabetes Management Incentive in Ontario
Kantarevic, Jasmin; Kralj, Boris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Pay for performance (P4P) incentives for physicians are generally designed as additional payments that can be paired with any existing payment mechanism such as salary, fee-for-service, and capitation. However, the link between the physician response to performance incentives and the existing...
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High on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide
Anderson, D. Mark; Rees, Daniel I.; Sabia, Joseph J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using state-level data for the period 1990 through 2007, we estimate the effect of legalizing medical marijuana on suicide rates. Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5 percent reduction in the total suicide rate, an 11 percent reduction in...
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