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Do Primary Healthcare Facilities in More Remote Areas Provide More Medical Services? Spatial Evidence from Rural Western China
Shen, Chi; Lai, Sha; Deng, Qiwei; Cao, Dan; Zhao, Dantong; … - 2023
Primary healthcare institutions (PHIs) in China have experienced a sizable decline in medical services in recent years … medical services offered by township healthcare centers (THCs), a main type of PHIs. Linking medical visits to 923 THCs in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346209
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The Value of Socialized Medicine : The Impact of Universal Primary Healthcare Provision on Birth and Mortality Rates in Turkey
Cesur, Resul - 2015
This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … physician, who offers a wide range of primary healthcare services that are free-of-charge. Furthermore, these services are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015025
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Cream Skimming by Health Care Providers and Inequality in Health Care Access : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Werbeck, Anna - 2020
Using a randomized field experiment, we show that health care specialists cream-skim patients by their expected profitability. In the German two-tier system, outpatient reimbursement rates for both public and private insurance are centrally determined but are more than twice as high for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837910
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Hospital Closures and Short-Run Change in Ambulance Call Times
Chaudhary, Sookti - 2019
We measure one aspect of how access to emergency care through ambulance services changes for patients when a hospital closes. We empirically estimate the time needed to transport a patient to an emergency department in an ambulance in the period immediately after the hospital closes. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858490
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Health Insurance Expansions and Provider Behavior : Evidence from Substance Use Disorder Providers
Maclean, Johanna Catherine - 2017
markets, are less likely to provide charity care, increase the quantity of healthcare provided, and become more selective of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965014
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Competition and Hospital Quality : Evidence from a French Natural Experiment
Gobillon, Laurent - 2017
We evaluate the effect of a pro-competition reform gradually introduced in France over the 2004-2008 period on hospital … and financial autonomy as well as their reimbursement systems and incentives for competition before the reform, but they … competition in terms of decrease in mortality after the reform. We estimate a duration model for mortality stratified at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965016
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The Economics Behind the Epidemic : Afghan Opium Price and Prescription Opioids in the US
Deiana, Claudio - 2020
We investigate the effect of variations in the price of opium in Afghanistan on per capita dispensation of prescription opioids in the US. Quarterly county-level data for 2003-2016 indicate that reductions in opium prices significantly increase the quantity of opioids prescribed. The increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843718
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Cognitive Impairment and Prevalence of Memory-Related Diagnoses Among U.S. Older Adults
Qian, Yuting; Chen, Xi; Tang, Diwen; Kelley, Amy; Li, Jing - 2021
Cognitive impairment creates significant challenges to health and well-being of the fast-growing aging population. Early recognition of cognitive impairment may confer important advantages, allowing for diagnosis and appropriate treatment, education, psychosocial support, and improved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246896
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Predictors of Social Distancing and Mask-Wearing Behavior : Panel Survey in Seven U.S. States
Nikolov, Plamen; Pape, Andreas; Tonguc, Ozlem; … - 2021
This paper presents preliminary summary results from a longitudinal study of participants in seven U.S. states during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to standard socio-economic characteristics, we collect data on various economic preference parameters: time, risk, and social preferences, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315274
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Management, Supervision, and Health Care : A Field Experiment
Dunsch, Felipe - 2017
the short term, the full intervention had large and significant effects on the adoption of several practices under the … is crucial for achieving persistent improvements in contexts where the lack of external competition fails to create … incentives for the adoption of effective managerial practices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948601