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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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The Changing Role of Government in Financing Health Care : An International Perspective

Stabile, Mark - 2013

This paper explores the changing role of government involvement in health care financing policy outside the United States. It provides a review of the economics literature in this area to understand the implications of recent policy changes on efficiency, costs and quality. Our review reveals...

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End-Stage Renal Disease and Economic Incentives : The International Study of Health Care Organization and Financing

Dor, Avi - 2007

End-stage renal disease (ESRD), or kidney failure, is a debilitating, costly, and increasingly common medical condition. Little is known about how different financing approaches affect ESRD outcomes and delivery of care. This paper presents results from a comparative review of 12 countries with...

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Evaluating Effects of Tax Preferences on Health Care Spending and Federal Revenues

Cogan, John F. - 2007

In this paper, we calculate the consequences for health spending and federal revenues of an above-the-line deduction for out-of-pocket health spending. We show how the response of spending to this expansion in the tax preference can be specified as a function of a small number of behavioral...

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Free for Children? Patient Cost-Sharing and Healthcare Utilization

Iizuka, Toshiaki - 2018

This study exploits over 5,000 variations in subsidy generosity across ages and municipalities in Japan to examine how children respond to healthcare prices. We find that free care significantly increases outpatient spending, with price elasticities considerably smaller than for adults. Price...

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Long-Term Care Hospitals : A Case Study in Waste

Einav, Liran - 2018

There is substantial waste in U.S. healthcare, but little consensus on how to identify or combat it. We identify one specific source of waste: long-term care hospitals (LTCHs). These post-acute care facilities began as a regulatory carve-out for a few dozen specialty hospitals, but have expanded...

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Who Benefits When the Government Pays More? Pass-Through in the Medicare Advantage Program

Duggan, Mark - 2014

Governments contract with private firms to provide a wide range of services. While a large body of previous work has estimated the effects of that contracting, surprisingly little has investigated how those effects vary with the generosity of the contract. In this paper we examine this issue in...

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Marketplace Plan Payment Options for Dealing with High-Cost Enrollees

Layton, Timothy J. - 2016

Two of the three elements of the ACA's “premium stabilization program,” reinsurance and risk corridors, are set to expire in 2017, leaving risk adjustment alone to protect plans against risk of high-cost cases. This paper considers potential modifications of the HHS risk adjustment...

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Risk Corridors and Reinsurance in Health Insurance Marketplaces : Insurance for Insurers

Layton, Timothy J. - 2014

In order to encourage entry and lower prices, most regulated markets for health insurance include policies that seek to reduce the uncertainty faced by insurers. In addition to risk adjustment of premiums paid to plans, the Health Insurance Marketplaces established by the Affordable Care Act...

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Measuring the Value of a Statistical Life : Problems and Prospects

Ashenfelter, Orley - 2021

Tradeoffs between monetary wealth and fatal safety risks are summarized in the value of a statistical life (VSL), a measure that is widely used for the evaluation of public policies in medicine, the environment, and transportation safety. This paper demonstrates the widespread use of this...

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