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High prices and insufficient quality of care are observed in nursing homes in France. Reforms are currently under discussion, but governments are facing a dilemma : any measure of price cut is likely to affect quality and any improvement in quality would probably be inflationary. This work...
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The Netherlands, as other OECD countries, faces the challenge of providing high quality health and long-term care services to an ageing population in a cost-efficient manner. In the health care sector, reforms have aimed at introducing more competition. Despite major changes and some positive...
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Vorliegende Arbeit untersucht – nach intensiver Datenanalyse und -klärung – die ersten eineinhalb Jahrzehnte Transition in Ostdeutschland ökonometrisch. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei die Interaktionen zwischen der allgemeinen Wirtschaft und den Krankenhäusern sowie – auf Basis der...
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The efficiency of Turkish health system, which was restructured by the health transformation framework, depends on the mutual compliance of both health service providers and demanders. The future and success of the new health system may be determined by solving problems that were generated from...
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BACKGROUND: In 2005, the French Government implemented a new way of financing high-cost drugs for hospitals in order to … price cap. Hospitals still negotiate with pharmaceutical firms, who set their prices freely, and then charge the national … in negotiation from hospitals, as supplementary funding could reduce hospital price sensitivity. OBJECTIVES: The aim of …
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Welfare economics encompasses other public choice theories besides utilitarianism, like egalitarian social justice theory. Whether these economic frameworks provide practical tools that could be used in health technology assessment is an ongoing debate, and this study aim to contribute to answer...
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Israelis enjoy higher life expectancy and have a much younger demographic profile than most OECD countries. However, the demand for health care is expanding rapidly due to population growth and ageing. Also, the country’s wide socio-economic divides are reflected in differences in health...
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There are 3 demand sources in healthcare systems: the patient, provider and payor. Patient-determined demand is characterised as `random access' and emotionally charged. Provider-determined demand occurs within working environments that do not inherently support integration activities....
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After generics, which are copies of chemical medicines, "copies" of already patented biologics (biosimilars) are entering the biologics market and competing with their originators. Many uncertainties remain regarding the development of this newly emerging market, and the ability of biosimilars...
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