The thesis is about the impact of health care reforms on the competition and budget planning of insurers. The focus are …

This thesis analyzes risk-adjustment schemes, a regulatory means to reduce incentives for risk selection in health …

management.The objective of the study is to contribute to the development of China's health information system (HIS) over the … for planning within the macro and historical context of health planning in China, in particular having regard to the …China is moving towards a market economy. The greater use of market forces has made China richer, accelerated …

Objective. To evaluate the role of health plan benefit design and price on consumers' decisions to purchase health …

) 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 …

the private health sector to the public health sector, to improve efficiency in the public health sector. To attain to … this aim, this research report attempted to identify the selectedbest practices employed by successful private health … identified best practices.Interviews were conducted with opinion-leaders from the health industry in the Western Cape,and inputs …

This paper considers the adoption of Health Information Technology (HIT) by physician clinics with ten or fewer …

Die Einbeziehung der privaten Krankenversicherung (PKV) in den Risikostrukturausgleich (RSA) der gesetzlichen … Krankenversicherung (GKV) wird häufig diskutiert. In der vorliegenden Studie wird anhand einer quantitativen Analyse unter Verwendung der …