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This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need in situations where they must address issues concerning health sector policy and when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity and growth and are fundamental to...
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This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need to address issues concerning health sector policy, particularly when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity and growth and are fundamental to any strategy of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599256
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Medical billing errors constitute a major problem in the medical payment system in the USA. Little is known about how …, but also examine how individual, organisational and contextual factors may influence a particular pattern of Medicare …
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This study assesses the impact of recent Medicare reimbursement changes on nurse staffing and quality of care in … all three policies. The results should be useful for policy makers considering cuts in Medicare or Medicaid spending for …
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The US healthcare system is experiencing a funding shortfall that constrains efforts to provide healthcare to our citizens. Patients are no longer sure they will receive adequate healthcare during their senior years. One solution is to create an annuity at birth for each individual. This annuity...
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This study assesses the impact of recent Medicare reimbursement changes on nurse staffing and quality of care in … all three policies. The results should be useful for policy makers considering cuts in Medicare or Medicaid spending for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564036
The US healthcare system is experiencing a funding shortfall that constrains efforts to provide healthcare to our citizens. Patients are no longer sure they will receive adequate healthcare during their senior years. One solution is to create an annuity at birth for each individual. This annuity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005553178
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I exploit the age-based eligibility structure of Medicare and the age gap between spouses to examine the impact of … Medicare eligibility of an older spouse on the insurance coverage of younger, Medicare-ineligible spouses. Using a regression … discontinuity framework, I find that Medicare eligibility of an older spouse can crowd-out the health insurance coverage of a …
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