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The private health care sector and the provision of prenatal care services in Latin America
Arrieta, Alejandro; Garcia Prado, Ariadna; Guillén, Jorge - 2010
Private providers have become an important source of health care in Latin America, yet there is still little documentation on them, especially regarding their role as providers of preventive and public health interventions. This paper uses Demographic and Health Surveys from various Latin...
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The distribution of doctor quality : evidence from cardiologists in England
Stoye, George - 2022
There is widespread and unexplained variation in the outcomes of similar patients across place and providers in all developed health systems. This paper provides new evidence on the role senior doctors play in determining patient outcomes. I exploit within-hospital quasi-random assignment of...
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India-Pakistan trade: opportunities for medical value travel
Dayal, Isha (contributor); Taneja, Nisha (contributor);  … - 2017
health services. The study also documents lessons that India can learn from its South-East Asian competitors in the medical … tourism industry and finally recommends policies that will improve trade in health services between India and Pakistan. …
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How confidence in health care systems affects mobility and compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chan, Ho Fai; Brumpton, Martin; Macintyre, Alison; … - 2020
Trust in the health care system requires being confident that sufficient and appropriate treatments will be provided if needed. The COVID-19 public health crisis is a significant, global, and (mostly) simultaneous test of the behavioral implications arising from this trust. We explore whether...
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An ounce of prevention for a pound of cure : basic health care and efficiency in health systems
Bancalari, Antonella; Bernal, Pedro; Celhay, Pablo A.; … - 2024
We examine the efficiency gains in health systems generated after the national roll out of basic healthcare in El Salvador between 2010 and 2013. Using data from over 120 million consultations and five million hospitalizations, we demonstrate that the expansion of community health teams,...
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Static and dynamic efficiency of irreversible health care investments under alternative payment rules
Levaggi, Rosella; Moretto, Michele; Pertile, Paolo - 2010
The paper studies the incentive for providers to invest in new health care technologies under alternative payment systems, when the patients' benefits are uncertain. If the reimbursement by the purchaser includes both a variable (per patient) and a lump-sum component, efficiency can be ensured...
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of early access to medical and social care for migrants living with HIV in France
Guillon, Marlène; Celse, Michel; Geoffard, Pierre-Yves - 2015
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Investing in health infrastructure : how decentralization matters
Dafflon, Bernard; Vaillancourt, François - 2014
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Are patients and relatives the better innovators? : the case of medical smartphone applications
Goeldner, Moritz; Herstatt, Cornelius - 2016
Prior research has shown that users are a valuable resource for identifying new product or service innovations. However, few scholars have analyzed how different user types such as intermediate and end users are interacting along the value chain of an emerging new product and how they contribute...
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Universalizing health care in Brazil : opportunities and challenges
Avila Viana, Ana L. d'; Silva, Hudson Pacífico da; I, … - 2015
universal access to health services, with health defined as a citizenś right, and access to health services as an obligation of … household per capita income increased, and poverty and social inequality significantly declined. In the health sector, the … access to health services have been reduced. Access to primary health care has also been significantly expanded and health …
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