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Out-of-pocket expenditures on health : a global stocktake
Wagstaff, Adam; Eozenou, Patrick; Smitz, Marc - 2019
This paper provides an overview of research on out-of-pocket health expenditures, reviewing the various summary measures and the results of multi-country studies using these measures. The paper presents estimates for 146 countries from all World Bank income groups for all summary measures, along...
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Getting incentives right? : the impact of hospital capitation payment in Vietnam
Nguyen, Ha Thi Hong; Bales, Sarah; Wagstaff, Adam; Dao, … - In: Health economics 26 (2017) 2, pp. 263-272
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Equity in the delivery of health care : some international comparisons
Van Doorslaer, Eddy - In: Journal of health economics 11 (1992) 4, pp. 389-411
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Equity in the finance of health care : some international comparisons
Wagstaff, Adam - In: Journal of health economics 11 (1992) 4, pp. 361-387
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Health insurance reform in the Netherlands : assessing the progressivity consequences
Janssen, Richard T. - In: The economic and social review 25 (1994) 4, pp. 303-320
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Encouraging health insurance for the informal sector : a cluster randomized experiment in Vietnam
Wagstaff, Adam; Nguyen, Ha Thi Hong; Dao, Huyen; Bales, … - In: Health economics 25 (2016) 6, pp. 663-674
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Health financing and delivery in Vietnam : looking forward
Lieberman, Samuel S. - 2009
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Social health insurance vs. tax-financed health systems : evidence from the OECD
Wagstaff, Adam - 2009
"This paper exploits the transitions between tax-financed health care and social health insurance in the OECD countries … over the period 1960-2006 to assess the effects of adopting social health insurance over tax finance on per capita health … health insurance in preference to tax financing increases per capita health spending by 3-4 percent, reduces the formal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394115
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Universal Health Care and Informal Labor Markets : The Case of Thailand
Wagstaff, Adam - 2012
This paper explores the possibility that universal health coverage may inadvertently result in distorted labor market choices, with workers preferring informal employment over formal employment, leading to negative effects on investment and growth, as well as reduced protection against...
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The Health Effects of Universal Health Care : Evidence from Thailand
Wagstaff, Adam - 2012
This paper exploits the staggered rollout of Thailand's universal health coverage scheme to estimate its impacts on whether individuals report themselves as being too ill to work. The statistical power comes from the fact that there is an average of 62,000 respondents in the labor force survey...
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