This paper investigates competition between health insurance companies under different financing regulations. We … consider two alternatives advanced in recent German health care reform discussions: competition by contribution rates (health … contributions) and by fees (health premia). We find that contribution rate competition yields lower company profits and higher …

This paper studies a market for a medical product in which there is perfect competition among health insurers, while …

drivers of the administration and delivery efficiency of coronavirus vaccines. For this purpose, we use data from the 50 US … economic prosperity and rural population aid vaccine administration and delivery efficiency. Delivery efficiency improves in … health workers, including physicians and nurses, did not significantly impact administration or efficiency. On the other hand …

. Drawing on longitudinal data from Germany, we find robust evidence that individuals having an internal LOC are more likely to …

implications for health inequality. Calibrating our model to Germany, we find that currently the public health and pension system …

, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one …