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Effects of Pay-For-Performance on Prescription of Hypertension Drugs among Public and Private Primary Care Providers in Sweden
Ellegård, Lina Maria - 2018
compliance with hypertension drug guidelines among public and private health care providers. Providers in regions with P4P are … providers, suggesting that policy makers should take ownership into account when designing incentives for health care providers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208806
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Mismeasurement in pay-for-performance: Evidence from an intervention to reduce health care spending in China
Wu, Bingxiao - 2014
2005, China imposed a policy that penalizes hospitals with high drug sale percentage in the total revenue, with the intent … to decrease drug expenditure. Using a unique patient-level data from a large Chinese hospital, I find that physicians … responded not by decreasing drug prescription, but by increasing non-drug services, especially diagnostic tests. There is no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396831
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Information presentation and consumer choice: Evidence from Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) success rates reports
Wu, Bingxiao - 2014
Prior literature on quality disclosure focuses on whether information provision affects consumer choice. This paper extends this research and explores whether information presentation affects consumer responsiveness in the context of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) reports. I find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396834
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Hospitals and the generic versus brand-name prescription decision in the outpatient sector
Pruckner, Gerald J.; Schober, Thomas - 2016
drug prescriptions between the inpatient and outpatient sectors by using a large administrative dataset from Austria …. Patients with prior hospital visits have a significantly lower probability of receiving a generic drug in the outpatient sector …
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Does physician pay affect procedure choice and patient health? Evidence from medicaid C-section use
Alexander, Diane - 2017
I investigate the relationship between physician pay, C-section use, and infant health, using vital statistics data and newly collected data on Medicaid payments to physicians. First, I confirm past results - when Medicaid pays doctors relatively more for C-sections, they perform them more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030370
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Closing the gap: The impact of the medicaid primary care rate increase on access and health
Alexander, Diane; Schnell, Molly - 2017
The difficulties that Medicaid beneficiaries face accessing medical care are often attributed to the program's low reimbursement rates relative to other payers. There is little evidence, however, as to the actual effects of Medicaid doctor payment rates on access and health outcomes for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030373
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A moving target: Universal access to healthcare services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Savedoff, William D. - 2009
Healthcare services are more widespread in Latin America and the Caribbean today than 50 years ago, yet this availability is not necessarily reflected in popular perceptions. This study documents the expansion of healthcare services in the Region in terms of medically-trained professionals,...
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The long-term effects of hospitalization on health care expenditures: An empirical analysis for the young-old population
Torrini, Irene; Lucifora, Claudio; Russo, Antonio - 2022
We investigate the short- and long-term effects of hospitalization on different types of health care expenditures (HCE). A dynamic DID model with variation in treatment timing is specied and estimated using register data of individuals aged 50-70 residing in Milan, Italy, and observed over the...
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Integration and Cooperation in Public Hospitals
Rehn, Eric - 2010
Hospital care is a joint production involving a wide range of services; ranging from medical services to support services to hotel services. This paper, focusing on the cooperation between these services, models the internal organization of public hospitals. The analysis is based on the property...
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Can Pay-for-Performance to Primary Care Providers Stimulate Appropriate Use of Antibiotics?
Anell, Anders; Dietrichson, Jens; Ellegård, Lina Maria - 2016
Antibiotics resistance is a major threat to public health. We examine if pay-for-performance (P4P) to primary care providers stimulates appropriate prescription of antibiotics; specifically, if P4P induces a substitution of narrow-spectrum antibiotics for broad-spectrum antibiotics (which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208744