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Chapter Three. The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 2, (pp. 95-199). 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
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Elderly Healthcare in the Face of Budget Constraint
Perlingeiro, Ricardo - 2017
://ssrn.com/abstract=2456003The author contextualises the effects of public funding constraints on the creation of elderly healthcare and on … healthcare cases, nor does it prevent the exercise of any other statutory rights; to admit otherwise, would be an insult to the …” of healthcare for the elderly, as guidance for legislators, based on the financial realities of nations in such a way as …
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Patient Cost Sharing and Medical Expenditures for the Elderly
Fukushima, Kazuya - 2015
Despite the rapidly aging population, relatively little is known about how cost sharing affects the elderly's medical … find that the elderly's demand responses are heterogeneous in ways that have not been previously reported. Outpatient …
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Cognitive impairment and prevalence of memory-related diagnoses among U.S. older adults
Qian, Yuting; Chen, Xi; Tang, Diwen; Kelley, Amy S.; … - 2021
Cognitive impairment creates significant challenges to health and well-being of the fast-growing aging population. Early recognition of cognitive impairment may confer important advantages, allowing for diagnosis and appropriate treatment, education, psychosocial support, and improved...
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Savings Medicare Beneficiaries Need for Health Expenses : Some Couples Could Need as Much as $350,000
Fronstin, Paul - 2017
This paper examines the amount of savings Medicare beneficiaries are projected to need to cover program deductibles, premiums and other health expenses in retirement. For the purposes of this study, health expenses include premiums for Medicare Parts B and D, premiums for Medigap Plan F, and...
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The Impact of Repealing PPACA on Savings Needed for Health Expenses for Persons Eligible for Medicare
Fronstin, Paul; Salisbury, Dallas; VanDerhei, Jack - 2011
In 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) added outpatient prescription drugs as an optional benefit. When the program was originally enacted, it included a controversial feature: a coverage gap, more commonly known as the “donut hole.” The...
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The role of dietary choices and medical expenditures on health outcomes when health shocks are endogenous
Gomis-Porqueras, Pedro; Moslehi, Solmaz; Suen, Richard M. H. - In: Economic modelling 54 (2016), pp. 13-25
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Improving data on pharmaceutical expenditure in hospitals and other health care settings
Morgan, David - 2022
As a key component of health care, a full understanding of how much is spent on prescription medicines is increasingly important. Only a partial understanding of total expenditures across health systems is currently possible, as reporting is often limited to medicines dispensed in community...
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Chapter Eight. Cost Effectiveness and Payment Policy
Garber, Alan M.; Sculpher, Mark J. - In: Handbook of health economics : volume 2, (pp. 471-497). 2011
Cost-effectiveness analysis is versatile and used widely to assist in health care decision making. This chapter discusses how cost-effectiveness analysis is used at the system or national level, particularly in the domain of coverage and payment policy. We describe its relationship to other...
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Pricing and competition in specialist medical services : an overview for South Africa
Kumar, Ankit; De Lagasnerie, Grégoire; Maiorano, Frederica - 2014
Major disparities in the cost of health care have made the pricing of specialist and hospital services a contentious issue in South Africa, particularly in the private sector. To help inform policy debate, this paper profiles selected experiences on the pricing of health services, competition...
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