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This paper examines the impact of universal, free, and easily accessible primary healthcare on population health as … who offers a wide range of primary healthcare services that are free-of-charge. Furthermore, these services are provided …
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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 …
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Health systems globally face increasing morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases, yet many - especially in low- and middle-income countries - lack strong chronic disease management in primary health care (PHC). We provide evidence on China’s efforts to promote PHC management using unique...
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In February 2009 the U.S. Congress unexpectedly passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical … Health Act (HITECH). HITECH provides up to $27 billion to promote adoption and appropriate use of Electronic Medical Records … (EMR) by hospitals. We measure the extent to which HITECH incentive payments spurred EMR adoption by independent hospitals …
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We propose and empirically implement a test for the presence of racial prejudice among emergency department (ED) physicians based on the bounceback rates of the patients who were discharged after receiving diagnostic tests during their initial ED visits. A bounceback is defined as a return to...
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Several countries rely on regulated health plan competition to combine affordability of health plans with incentives …
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In both its costs and the number of its enrollees, Medicaid is the largest means-tested transfer program in the United States. It is also a fundamental part of the health care system, providing health insurance to low-income families, indigent seniors, disabled adults and, in some states,...
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We present the first direct evidence on the relative quality of public and private healthcare in a low-income setting …-charging private providers even in the presence of a system of free public healthcare …
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Heavily subsidizing essential health products through existing health infrastructure has the potential to substantially decrease child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. There is, however, widespread concern that poor governance and in particular limited accountability among health workers...
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This paper uses the rollout of the first Community Health Centers (CHCs) to study the longer-term health effects of increasing access to primary care. Within ten years, CHCs are associated with a reduction in age-adjusted mortality rates of 2 percent among those 50 and older. The implied 7 to 13...
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