We analyze the regulation of a single health care provider (e.g. a hospital). According to several payment rules used in different countries, we consider a mixed linear payment in which the hospital is paid a fixed price per DRG (diagnosis related group) for most patients (inlier patients) and...

Simultaneous processing of two surveys enabled, to analyse the labour conditions of those near retiring age 50 years and over. As preparatory work for the microcensus carried out by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office in April 1996 a pilot survey of national representativeness and covering...