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We consider physicians with fixed capacity levels. If a physician's capacity exceeds demand, she may have an incentive …
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We assess the ability of health insurance plans with gatekeeping restrictions to control the utilization of medical care through their influence on the choice of the initial provider. Empirical results are based on the individual-level utilization panel data from 2001-2006 Medical Expenditure...
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Using a large set of private health insurance claims, we estimate how physicians’ financial incentives affect their … treatment choices in heart attack management. Different insurance plans pay physicians different amounts for the same services … physicians more for more invasive treatments are associated with a larger fraction of such treatments. To interpret this …
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We review Greek public sector healthcare policies and health-related outcomes since 2010.We find that excess spending was successfully curtailed, elements of the institutional framework were modernized, and health outcomes have been relatively favorable. However, especially prior to Covid-19,...
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