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This article examines the long term physical and mental health effects of internal migration. We use data from Italy … that allows us to study a relatively unique migration experience from Southern and Northeastern regions of Italy to … impacts on women and men and between "early" and "late" migrants. We use finite mixture models to account for heterogeneity in …
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In this paper we empirically study the relationship between education attainment and Body Mass Index (BMI), using as theoretical reference an energy balance model. Our data consist of individual level data from eight waves of the Italian survey on life-styles. We use Quantile Regression (QR)...
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We investigate the density of private physicians in a two-tiered health care system, i.e., one with co-existing public … and private health care providers. In particular, we analyze how the densities of private and public suppliers of … outpatient health care (general practitioners and specialists) are related to each other. Using a panel of 121 Austrian districts …
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We investigate the density of non-contract (private) physicians in a two-tiered health care system, i.e., one with co …-existing public and private health care providers. In particular, we analyze how the densities of private and public suppliers of … outpatient health care (general practitioners and specialists) are related to each other. Using a panel of 121 Austrian districts …
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policies implemented in recent years in Italy have affected hospital activity. Our contribution is mainly empirical as we focus …
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This paper analyses the demand for private health care by Spanish households using a micro budget survey. The … private health care, how often to do so and how much to spend each time and also the effects of unobserved heterogeneity …. Since the theoretical framework corresponds to the Grossman model of health investment, the results also provide a test of …
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This paper analyses the demand for private health care by Spanish households using a micro budget survey. The … private health care, how often to do so and how much to spend each time and also the effects of unobserved heterogeneity …. Since the theoretical framework corresponds to the Grossman model of health investment, the results also provide a test of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005704924
Cross-subsidies are often considered the principal mechanism through which hospitals provide unprofitable care. Yet, hospitals' reliance on and extent of cross-subsidization are difficult to establish. We exploit entry by cardiac specialty hospitals as an exogenous shock to incumbent hospitals'...
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Dans le cadre d’un programme de recherche global sur le lien entre le regroupement pluriprofessionnel en soins de premiers recours dans les sites participant aux Expérimentations des nouveaux modes de rémunération (ENMR) et la performance des médecins généralistes en matière...
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Our paper investigates the geographical distribution of physicians across the Swiss cantons over the years 1960 to 2005. We use a physician location model relating physician growth in a canton related to (i) the existing number of physicians in an area, (ii) commonly used determinants of the...
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