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Strategic interaction in the market for physician services : the treadmill effect in a fixed budget system

Benstetter, Franz; Wambach, Achim - 2001

We examine the strategic interaction in the market for physician services when the total budget for reimbursement is fixed. We show that this prospective payment system involves { compared to a fee-for-service remuneration system { a severe coordination problem, which potentially leads to the...

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When health trumps money : economic incentives and health equity in the provision of nursing homes

Hernæs, Øystein; Kverndokk, Snorre; Markussen, Simen; … - 2023

The allocation of public care services should be determined by individual needs but can be influenced by economic … factors. This paper examines the impact of economic incentives on the allocation of nursing home care in the Norwegian long … that the economic incentives of the care provider play a role in the allocation of nursing homes. Thus, in this setting …

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Does pre-play social interaction improve negotiation outcomes?

Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Cabrales, Antonio; Mateu, Guillermo; … - 2018

We study experimentally the impact of pre-play social interactions on negotiations. These interactions are often complex. Thus, we attempt to isolate the impact of several of its more common components: conversations, food, and beverages, which could be alcoholic or nonalcoholic. To do this, our...

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Demand shocks, procurement policies, and the nature of medical innovation : evidence from wartime prosthetic device patents

Clemens, Jeffrey; Rogers, Parker - 2020

We analyze wartime prosthetic device patents to investigate how demand and procurement policy can shape medical innovation. We use machine learning tools to develop new data describing the aspects of medical and mechanical innovations that are emphasized in patent documents. Our analysis of...

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Hospital competition and quality with regulated prices

Brekke, Kurt R.; Siciliani, Luigi; Straume, Odd Rune - 2009

We analyse the effect of competition on quality in hospital markets with regulated prices, considering both the effect of (i) introducing competition (monopoly versus competition) and (ii) increasing competition through lower transportation costs (increased substitutability) or a higher number...

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Fly or cry: is airport noise costly?

Nitsch, Volker - 2009

Airport noise is costly. Airport location is typically associated with lower property prices. Airport expansion often sparks protests by local residents. In this paper, I provide new evidence on the costs of airport-related noise (and other disamenities of airports) for individuals. In contrast...

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Supplementary private health insurance in selected countries : lessons for EU governments?

Gechert, Sebastian - 2009

A famous idea to maintain affordable health expenditures is to cut back statutory health insurance (SHI) to a basic insurance and to introduce supplementary private health insurance (PHI), permitted to cover the remaining benefits and to apply managed care mechanisms. The measure is supposed to...

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Longitudinal analysis of generic substitution

Dalen, Dag Morten; Locatelli Biey, Marilena; Strøm, Steinar - 2010

Using an extensive longitudinal dataset extracted from the Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD) containing all prescriptions written in the period January 2004 to June 2007, we selected two particular drugs (chemical substances) used against cholesterol. The two brand-name products on the...

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A simple model of health insurance competition

Kemnitz, Alexander - 2010

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...

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Competition and quality in regulated markets with sluggish demand

Brekke, Kurt R.; Cellini, Roberto; Siciliani, Luigi; … - 2010

We investigate the effect of competition on quality in regulated markets (e.g., health care, higher education, public utilities), using a Hotelling framework, in the presence of sluggish demand. We take a differential-game approach, and derive the open-loop solution (providers choose the optimal...

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