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The German health care reform of 2004 imposes a charge of 10 Euro for the first visit to a doctor in each quarter of the year. At first glance, there is no inhibiting effect of this fee on utilization in the German Socio-Economic Panel. However, this study reveals that the true effect is...
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We use the same methodology, that Ecofin-Oecd apply for projecting expenditure in the medium-long term, to reconstruct expenditure in the medium-long past. It is possible to compare the effective expenditure with the reconstructed one. The effective expenditure is of course influenced by policy...
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Within the debate about the rise of costs in the German health system, the argument has put forth that patients …'s consumer behaviour is the introduction of several copayment models. The first task of this work is to examine the role of moral … task. Furthermore, the question if copayment is a suitable means of control to reduce the exorbitant demand for drugs will …
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We estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) of individuals to have increased spatial access to hospitals using a spatial hedonic price model. Employing a dataset of over 90,000 detailed housing observations, we find that WTP of individuals to live one mile closer to a hospital is positive if the...
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In this first-time-ever such study of the adult female population in the state of Florida, the percentage of the women 18 to 44 years of age within each county in the state of Florida in 2007 who had received a Pap smear during the past year was a decreasing function of the percentage of women...
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This study addresses a question that has not been researched much previously, namely, does the unavailability of health insurance act as an incentive for persons to enlist in the military in the U.S.? This relationship is proffered as the “Military Health Care Magnet Hypothesis.” The present...
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satisfaction of patients with FII-health services in Africa today. Second, we present new evidence from household surveys in six …
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provided by faith-inspired health care providers in Ghana: how satisfied are patients with the services received?; and why are … patients choosing faith-inspired providers for care? The quantitative survey data suggests that the level of satisfaction with … non-religious facilities. The qualitative data suggests that the reasons that lead patients to choose faith …
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-income countries. Some of these direct payments take the form of informal charges paid by patients to access the needed healthcare … surveyed patients incurred informal payments for the consultations made on the day of the survey. The amount paid informally … (iii) reception of patients (e.g., waiting time) significantly influence the probability of incurring informal payments …
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-inspired providers and other types of providers; and (3) how satisfied are patients with the services received and why are patients … patients to choose faith-inspired providers are not related directly to religion per se, but rather (perhaps indirectly) to the … quality of the services provided, including (but not only) through the values of dignity and respect for patients that these …
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