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Physician Beliefs and Patient Preferences : A New Look at Regional Variation in Health Care Spending
Cutler, David M. - 2019
There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care expenditures. Using vignettes from patient and physician surveys linked to fee-for-service Medicare expenditures, this study asks whether patient demand-side factors or physician supply-side factors explain...
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Returns to Local-Area Health Care Spending : Using Health Shocks to Patients Far from Home
Doyle, Joseph J. - 2010
Health care spending varies widely across markets, yet there is little evidence that higher spending translates into better health outcomes, possibly due to endogeneity bias. The main innovation in this paper compares outcomes of patients who are exposed to different health care systems that...
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Effects of Payment Reform in More Versus Less Competitive Markets
Sood, Neeraj - 2015
Policymakers are increasingly interested in reducing healthcare costs and inefficiencies through innovative payment strategies. These strategies may have heterogeneous impacts across geographic areas, potentially reducing or exacerbating geographic variation in healthcare spending. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013190
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Fragmented Division of Labor and Healthcare Costs : Evidence from Moves Across Regions
Agha, Leila - 2017
Policies aiming to improve healthcare productivity often focus on reducing care fragmentation. Care fragmentation occurs when services are spread across many providers, potentially making coordination difficult. Using Medicare claims data, we analyze the effect of moving to a region with more...
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Patient Knowledge and Antibiotic Abuse : Evidence from an Audit Study in China
Currie, Janet - 2010
We ask how patient knowledge of appropriate antibiotic usage affects both physicians prescribing behavior and the physician-patient relationship. We conduct an audit study in which a pair of simulated patients with identical flu-like complaints visits the same physician. Simulated patient A is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135233
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China and India as Suppliers of Affordable Medicines to Developing Countries
Hafner, Tamara - 2014
pharmaceutical trade data from 1996 to 2005, we examine the role of China and India as suppliers of medicines to other middle- and … medicines from high- income countries. We find that imports of antibiotics and unspecified medicaments from India and China … China are not only important sources of inexpensive medicines but also have an indirect effect by lowering prices through …
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The Economic Burden of Chronic Diseases : Estimates and Projections for China, Japan, and South Korea
Bloom, David E. - 2017
China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … non-communicable diseases over the period 2010-2030 are $16 trillion for China (measured in real USD with the base year …-effectiveness analysis by identifying some intervention strategies to reduce disease prevalence in China that are cost beneficial and …
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The Morbidity Cost of Air Pollution : Evidence from Consumer Spending in China
Barwick, Panle Jia - 2018
credit and debit card transactions in China from 2013 to 2015, this paper provides to our knowledge the first analysis of the … Health Organization's annual standard of 10 mg/m3 would amount to $42 billion, or nearly 7% of China's total healthcare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916897
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Air Pollution and Mental Health : Evidence from China
Chen, Shuai - 2018
on physical health, while the effect on mental health is limited. Using the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) covering 12 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916899
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The Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Disease in China and India : Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons
Bloom, David E. - 2013
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the … five main NCDs will total USD 27.8 trillion for China and USD 6.2 trillion for India (in 2010 USD). For both countries, the … that the costs are much larger in China than in India mainly because of China's higher income and older population. Rough …
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