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Un Test sulle Ipotesi delle Proiezioni a medio-lungo termine della Spesa Sanitaria
Salerno, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The same methodology Oecd and Ecofin apply to project future trends of health care expenditue is here applied to reconstruct backwards Italian health care expenditure. The time horizon is 1988-2012. Results are described and argued. Important evidence emerges on the historical value of the...
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The Health Care Crisis in the United States: The Issues and Proposed Solutions by the 2008 Presidential Candidates
Pareto, Marcos Pompeu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The United States has state of the art technology and world renowned expertise in medical treatment, yet in terms of healthcare it shows a dramatically poor performance in relation to the other industrialized countries. This situation is surprising, since one would expect that a free market...
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Überschüsse der Krankenkassen und des Gesundheitsfonds: Abschaffung der Praxisgebühren, Beitragssenkung oder Reservenbildung: Was ist sinnvoll?
Bahr, Daniel; Graalmann, Jürgen; Jürges, Hendrik; … - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 65 (2012) 23, pp. 03-19
zentrale Herausforderung an eine nachhaltige Gesundheitspolitik sei aber, durch wettbewerbsorientierte Strukturreformen die …
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Better Value for Money in Healthcare: European Lessons for Canada
Blomqvist, Ake; Busby, Colin - In: C.D. Howe Institute Commentary (2012) 339
Modern health systems, like Canada’s, face similar pressures. Populations are aging, government revenues are dwindling … to health policy development in Canada. …
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Six Pillars of Social Policy: The State of Pensions and Health Care in Canada
Robson, William B. P. - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)
reduce the double-taxation of saving. The main elements of public policy related to pensions in Canada cover these pillars …-pillar metaphor is still a fruitful perspective because it facilitates constructive responses to the pressures confronting Canada … policy”. Based on his examination of Canada’s pension and health-care systems, Robson makes a number of recommendations …
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Income and Health Spending: Evidence from Oil Price Shocks
Acemoglu, Daron; Finkelstein, Amy; Notowidigdo, Matthew J. - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 4, pp. 1079-1095
Health expenditures as a share of GDP in the United States have more than tripled over the past half-century. A common conjecture is that this is a consequence of rising income. We investigate this hypothesis by instrumenting for local area income with time series variation in oil prices...
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Challenges of Using Cost-effectiveness Analysis in Rationalizing Health Care Public Spending
SAVA, Anca-Stefania - In: Economics and Applied Informatics (2011) 2, pp. 55-60
The aim of this study is to address the challenges of using cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) by decision-makers in rationalizing health care public spending. Firstly, it presents a brief literature review on the necessity of using cost-effectiveness analysis. Also, the paper focuses on ways of...
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On the efficiency of public health expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does corruption and quality of public institutions matter?
Novignon, Jacob - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Health expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has improved over the years with several recent efforts to improve resource commitments to the health sector. Health outcomes in the region have, however, seen little improvements over the years. Several reasons, including the efficiency of health...
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Health, Austerity and Economic Crisis: Assessing the Short-term Impact in OECD countries
Gool, Kees van; Pearson, Mark - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2014
The economic crisis that started in 2008 has had a profound impact on the lives of citizens. Millions of people lost their job, saw their life-savings disappear and experienced prolonged financial hardship. The economic crisis has also led a number of OECD governments to introduce austerity...
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Sinking, Swimming, or Learning to Swim in Medicare Part D
Ketcham, Jonathan D.; Lucarelli, Claudio; Miravete, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Under Medicare Part D, senior citizens choose prescription drug insurance offred by numerous private insurers. We examine non-poor enrollees' actions in 2006 and 2007 using panel data. Our sample reduced overspending by $298 on average, with gains by 81% of them. The greatest improvements were...
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