We investigate whether people enrolled into voluntary health insurance (VHI) substitute public consumption with private … the case of Italy, where a mixed insurance system is in place. To this purpose, we specify a joint model for public and … private specialist visits counts, and allow for different degrees of endogenous supplementary insurance coverage, looking at …

individuals are differently motivated in that they have different missions, and their self-selection into sectors or organizations … with matching missions enhances organizational efficiency. We test Besley and Ghatak's model using data from a unique … cohort study. We generate two proxies for intrinsic motivations: a survey-based measure of the health professionals …

In Germany, employees are generally obliged to participate in the public health insurance system, where coverage is … instead if their income exceeds the compulsory insurance threshold. Here, premia are based on age and health, individuals may … private insurance coverage on the number of doctor visits, the number of nights spent in a hospital and self-assessed health …

Most developing countries face shortages of health workers in rural areas. This has profound consequences for health … service delivery, and ultimately for health outcomes. To design policies that rectify these geographic imbalances it is vital … to understand what factors determine health workers' choice to work in rural areas. But empirical analysis of health …

This book aims to study the factors affecting the adoption and diffusion of Health Information Technology (HIT …) innovation. It analyzes the adoption processes of various tools and applications, particularly Electronic Health Records (EHR … for the diffusion of Health Care Technologies. Section two evaluates EHR technology, including the barriers and enables in …

Grundlagen der E-Health Ökonomie -- Gesundheitsstandort privater Haushalt -- Ambulante und stationäre Versorgung … -- Sektorübergreifende Versorgung -- Arzneimittelversorgung -- Medizintechnik -- Gesundheits-Logistik -- Medizinische Forschung -- E-Health …Das Buch liefert einen umfassenden Überblick über das neue Forschungsgebiet E-Health-Ökonomie und zeigt den aktuellen …

innovativer Gesundheitsleistungen -- Neue Therapie- und Versorgungsformen -- Digital Health. … Digital Health. Der Sammelband richtet sich einerseits an Wissenschaftler und Studierende mit den Schwerpunktfächern …