The objective of this study consists in quantifying in money terms the potential reduction in usage of public health … care outlets associated to the tenure of double (public plus private) insurance. In order to address the problem, a … probabilistic model for visits to physicians is specified and estimated using data from the Catalonian Health Survey. Also, a model …

This paper studies the mechanism for the equity of payments for using the Colombian health system, defined as the … payment system are studied, as well as a particular case of a homogeneous population. Health services are grouped together …

This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …

This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …

This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …

) quality, ii) efficiency, and iii) ownership.i) Quality of health care is the most important good of the health production … of competition on quality of care.ii) The health economy also merits attention because of its sheer size e.g. with … industrialised countries, approximately one third of health care expenditure is generated by inpatient care. For this reason …

Physical exercise for the good of your health is accepted practice in western industrialized societies. Given, however … conclusions about the complex ways in which exercise and health interact. The question remains: Are exercisers healthier because … Socio - Economic Panel (SOEP) data. SOEP analyses show that a high level of health satisfaction encourages an active …