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We suggest an alternative indicator that can lead to price reductions in the public procurement market for goods, i.e., the elasticity of prices to quantities purchased. We apply the analysis to the procurement of medical devices by exploiting a survey from the Italian AntiCorruption Authority....
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system results in lower health expenditure, but higher financial exposure of patients. Total welfare is higher under the …
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This study for the European Parliament Policy Department examines the regulation for a European Health Data Space (EHDS …), proposed by the European Commission in May 2022. The EHDS introduces mandatory rules for electronic health record to facilitate … user access and portability of personal health data (primary use) and pooling of health data for research and policy …
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on health care quality, health care financing and welfare. We show that without patient mobility quality is too low (high …
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Very few industries are as profoundly influenced by regulation as the pharmaceutical industry. All aspects of the life-cycle of new drugs are regulated, from patent application, to marketing approval, commercial exploitation, patent expiration and competition with generics. The nature of demand...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, prices for a number of consumer goods and services, as well as for some pharmaceutical and medicines products, have increased significantly. To counter the attempts of unscrupulous sellers to increase their profits by price gouging, the governments of several OECD...
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on health care quality, health care financing and welfare. We show that without patient mobility quality is too low (high …
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There is scant analysis on the causal relationship between fiscal capacity and social protection expenditure in the developing world. We investigate the causal relationship between fiscal capacity of the state and social protection expenditure, hypothesizing that fiscal capacity is necessary but...
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