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We study the costs of hospitalizations on patients' earnings and labor supply, using the universe of hospital … labor market consequences of a given diagnosis and propose a new measure of hospital quality, the "Adjusted Earning Losses …
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We review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending … relatively favorable. However, especially prior to Covid-19, public healthcare spending had been compressed to potentially … advancing structural healthcare reforms are needed to improve the efficiency and equity of the Greek healthcare system …
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Healthcare in the United States is the most expensive in the world, with real per capita spending growth averaging 4 … percent since 1980. This paper examines the role of market power of U.S. healthcare providers and pharmaceutical companies. It … finds that markups (the ability to charge prices above marginal costs) for publicly listed firms in the U.S. healthcare …
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This paper estimates the impact of public spending on the poor''s health status in over 70 countries. It provides evidence that the poor have significantly worse health status than the rich and that they are more favorably affected by public spending on health care. An important new result is...
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Government intervention to correct market failures is often accompanied by government failures and corruption. This is no more evident than in social sectors that are characterized by significant market failures and government intervention. However, the impact of corruption on the public...
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Using data for a sample of developing and transition countries, this paper estimates the relationship between government spending on health care and education, and social indicators. Unlike previous studies, where social indicators are used as proxies for the unobservable health and education...
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This paper examines the relationship between health aid and infant mortality, using data from 118 countries between 1973 and 2004. Health aid has a statistically significant effect on infant mortality: doubling per capita health aid is associated with a 2 percent reduction in the infant...
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Despite the increasing interest in universal health care, little is known about the optimal way to finance, design, and implement it. This paper attempts to fill this gap by providing some general policy recommendations on this important issue. While most of the paper addresses the Eastern...
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This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need to address issues concerning health sector policy, particularly when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity and growth and are fundamental to any strategy of...
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Demands for ramping up health expenditures are at an all-time high. Countries' needs for additional health resources include responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, closing gaps in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal in health in most emerging and developing countries, and serving an ageing...
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