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Health economic evaluation of digital nursing technologies : a review of methodological recommendations

Huter, Kai; Krick, Tobias; Rothgang, Heinz - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-13

Background: Health economic evaluation of digital nursing technologies (DNT) is important to provide information that … innovative (digital) technologies in health and nursing, this article aims to identify specific challenges in this research area … efficiency of DNT. Conclusion: Many of the challenges identified for the health economic evaluations of digital nursing …

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A multilevel analysis of prenatal care and birth weight in Kenya

Awiti, Japheth Osotsi - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 33, pp. 1-16

The paper investigates the effect of adequate use of prenatal care on birth weight in Kenya using data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey of 2008 - 2009 together with additional administrative data. Both a single-level model and a multi-level model are estimated. The estimation...

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Wealth and antenatal care use : implications for maternal health care utilisation in Ghana

Arthur, Eric - In: Health economics review 2 (2012) 14, pp. 1-8

The study investigates the effect of wealth on maternal health care utilization in Ghana via its effect on Antenatal care use. Antenatal care serves as the initial point of contact of expectant mothers to maternal health care providers before delivery. The study is pivoted on the introduction of...

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Promoting vaccinations - an analysis of measures taken by German statutory health insurers

Damm, Kathrin; Schubert, Jana M.; Schulenburg, … - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 16, pp. 1-6

Introduction: Prophylactic vaccinations play a significant role in health care. As a relatively cost-effective preventive measure they can help to avert transmissible diseases and thus protect not only the vaccinated individuals themselves but also those who have not been vaccinated. In order to...

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Private hospital accreditation and inducement of care under the Ghanaian National Insurance Scheme

Amporfu, Eugenia - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 13, pp. 1-9

The Ghanaian National Health Insurance Scheme pays providers according to the fee for service payment scheme, a method of payment that is likely to encourage inducement of care. The goal of this paper is to test for the presence of supplier induced demand among patients who received care in...

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Transitivity in health utility measurement : an experimental analysis

Schmidt, Ulrich; Stolpe, Michael - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 12, pp. 1-4

Several experimental studies have observed substantial violations of transitivity for decisions between risky lotteries over monetary outcomes. The goal of our experiment is to test whether these violations also affect the evaluation of health states. A particular feature of our experimental...

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Mind the information gap : fertility rate and use of cesarean delivery and tocolytic hospitalizations in Taiwan

Ma, Ke-zong M.; Norton, Edward C.; Lee, Shoou-yih D. - In: Health economics review 1 (2011) 20, pp. 1-15

Background: Physician-induced demand (PID) is an important theory to test given the longstanding controversy surrounding it. Empirical health economists have been challenged to find natural experiments to test the theory because PID is tantamount to strong income effects. The data requirements...

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Methods for measuring horizontal equity in health resource allocation: a comparative study

Tao, Yi; Henry, Kizito; Zou, Qinpei; Zhong, Xiaoni - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 10, pp. 1-10

There are many existing methodologies on measuring health equity, while seldom has method aiming at health resource allocation. We collected 6 method of measuring equity in health resource allocation. This paper presents key contents of methods on measuring horizontal equity in health service...

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Macro-level factors impacting geographic disparities in cancer screening

Mobley, Lee Rivers; Kuo, Tzy-mey; Traczynski, Jeffrey; … - In: Health economics review 4 (2014) 13, pp. 1-15

Objectives: Examine how differences in state regulatory environments predict geographic disparities in the utilization of cancer screening. Data sources/setting: 100% Medicare fee-for-service population data from 2001-2005 was developed as multi-year breast (BC) and colorectal cancer (CRC)...

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Designing a package of sexual and reproductive health and HIV outreach services to meet the heterogeneous preferences of young people in Malawi : results from a discrete choice exp...

Michaels-Igbokwe, Christine; Lagarde, Mylene; Cairns, John - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 9, pp. 1-19

Background: This article examines young people's preferences for integrated family planning (FP) and HIV services in rural Malawi. Different hypothetical configurations for outreach services are presented using a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE). Responses are analysed using Random Parameters...

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