Showing 1 - 10 of 28
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003320618
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003340777
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001969372
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003717005
Studies on the effect of ageing on health care expenditures (HCE) have revealed the importance of controlling for time-to-death (TTD). These studies, however, are subject to possible endogeneity if HCE influences remaining life expectancy. This paper introduces a ten year observational period on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003767521
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003775320
The "red herring" hypothesis contends that the high health care expenditure in old age is caused by proximity to death rather than calendar age. Dissenters point to longitudinal data and claim that health care expenditure age profiles tend to steepen over time. The present paper tests the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796256
The inefficiency of health care provision presents a major health policy concern in Germany. In order to address the issue of efficiency comprehensively - i.e. at the level of the entire system of health care provision rather than individual service providers - empirical analyses are often based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850898
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377159
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003978573