Showing 1 - 10 of 326
real terms. Ninety five per cent of the income of medical schemes was derived from membership fees. The average real growth … rate of income was 8.4 per cent, while net assets increased by only 3 per cent. An average deficit of R11.02 million …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480497
equilibrium to achieve a simple, linear model, that only depends on inflation, the output gap, and the interest rate, in the case … inflation dynamics is crucial. Because of the controversial debate on the importance of expectations, the consequences of … central banks should react stronger to changes in inflation and output under uncertainty. Furthermore, it is shown that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449715
This paper examines the relationship between inflation and real income in Australia, Canada, Finland, New Zealand … and a vector error correction model (VECM), it is found that the long-run relationship between inflation and real income … expenditure too is positively related to real income in the long-run. These findings raise a serious doubt about the "inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482123
In this paper we derive a set of conditions that is both necessary and sufficient for the consistency of QALY based decision making with life-cycle preferences over consumption and health status. Cost benefit analysis is always consistent with life-cycle preferences over consumption and health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448331
ABSTRACT: This article explores the complex and neglected picture of occupationaland environmental disease healthcare costs specifically relating to asbestos. Diagnosed mesothelioma cases in Scotland in one calendar year were used to investigate the subject in greater depth. Data from UK sources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465870
; calculations for the supplies and expenses budget; income statements; the hospital’s budgetary cycle; break-even analysis; analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457835
Results from this study indicate that non-adherence in hemodialysis (HD) sessions marginally affects health care costs and does not significantly increase the likelihood of kidney transplantation failure. This dissertation explores the impacts of non-adherence in HD sessions on health care costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482951
The direct and indirect costs of suspected human rabies exposure were estimated for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, California, USA. Clinic, hospital, and county public health records (1998-2002) were examined to determine direct costs for postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), and 55 (41%)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429469
Economics
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009432033
-separability of the utility function, inflation aversion, nominal transaction frictions). The monograph is organized as follows … market share competition with the assumption that agent?s behavior is characterized by inflation aversion. Chapter IV is … devoted to the GMM estimation of crucial parameters of the inflation-aversion model of the previous chapter. A model featuring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482289