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Using simulation to establish appropriate vaccination rates and copayment policies from a cost perspective

Kim, Sang-man; Asllani, Arben - In: Service business 7 (2013) 3, pp. 437-457

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Algunas observaciones acerca del uso de software en la estimación del modelo Half-Normal

Ortega Irizo, Francisco Javier; Gavilán Ruiz, José Manuel - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 11 (2011), pp. 3-16

Using the maximum likelihood method, in order to estimate Half-Normal stochastic frontier production models, entails several practical di±culties that, perhaps, have not been su±ciently emphasised. In employing FRONTIER software, we analyse the case in which the estimation obtained suggests...

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Residual Grey Markov model for the developments of GDP, population and energy consumption in Iran

Mostafaei, Hamidreza; Kordnoori, Shaghayegh - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 93-105

Grey system theory can powerfully deal with incomplete and uncertain information. In this paper, we introduced an improved grey GM(1,1) model that integrates residual modification with Markov chain model. By this model, we improved the forecast accuracy of original grey forecast model and...

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Measuring exchange rate fluctuations risk using the value-at-risk

Akhtekhane, Saeed Shaker; Mohammadi, Parastoo - In: Journal of applied finance & banking 2 (2012) 3, pp. 65-79

case we deal with a single risk factor, so we will not use the Monte Carlo simulation method to measure the VaR and we will … only use the parametric and historical simulation methods for this purpose. The parametric method using the normal … distribution and historical simulation with exponentially weighted data and without weighting is used to calculate VaR. Finally …

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Estimación de reservas en una compañía aseguradora : una aplicación en Excel del método Chain-Ladder y Bootstrap

Álvarez-Jareño, José Antonio; Coll-Serrano, Vicente - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 14 (2012), pp. 124-136

Insurance companies have to estimate reserves and provisions to cover the payment of either unreported claims or unsettled claims. In this paper, we apply the Chain-Ladder method to obtain a point estimate of reserves, and then we use the bootstrap technique to estimate the margin of error and...

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Un modelo de consenso para problemas de toma de decisiones multicriterio en grupo mediante relaciones de preferencia intervalares difusas lingüísticas

Tapia García, Juan Miguel; Moral, María José del; … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 14 (2012), pp. 36-53

In some circumstances a decision maker, expert, in a group decision making problem cannot express his/her preferences with a unique linguistic fuzzy preference because he/she is dubious into some preferences. In this paper, we present a consensus model for group decision making problems with...

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El coste de los cuidados de larga duración en la población española : análisis comparativo entre los años 1999 y 2008

Alcañiz Zanón, Manuela; Alemany Leira, Ramón; … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 12 (2011), pp. 111-131

This paper analyzes the cost of long-term care (LTC) associated to individuals in dependence situation. The economic cost of care per unit of service is linked to the expected time of needed care and the intensity of required services. We have estimated the expected lifetime cost of LTC in...

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Planes mínimos obligatorios en mercados de seguros de salud segmentados

Beteta, Edmundo; Willington, Manuel - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 2, pp. 217-241

We analyze the effect of introducing a minimum mandatory health insurance plan in a segmented market in which high risks are affiliated to the public insurer and low risks to the private ones (market segmentation is endogenously obtained in our model). We assume both types of insurers must...

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Types of private financing of medical care by patients in Poland

Paszkowska, Małgorzata - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 3, pp. 59-74

The share of privately paid medical care is steadily increasing. Polish patients pay immediately for single services and may also privately conclude the contracts for medical insurance or subscription (steady access to complex private medical care). The aim of this paper is to draw the reader's...

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Health care expenditure and the state of health care sector in selected European Union countries

Hady, Joanna; Leśniowska, Małgorzata - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 7 (2011) 4, pp. 25-36

The article deals with the issue of health care, focusing on expenditure allocated to it. The first part of the article reviews some selected European Union countries, analyzing their expenditure on their health care sectors. The second part brings an analysis of expenditure on health care in...

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