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Subnational Health Spending and Soft Budget Constraints in OECD Countries

Crivelli, Ernesto; Leive, Adam; Stratmann, Thomas - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

Government spending on health has grown as a percent of GDP over the last 40 years in industrialized countries. Widespread decentralization of healthcare systems has often accompanied this increase in spending. In this paper, we explore the effect of soft budget constraints on subnational health...

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What Should Macroeconomists Know About Health Care Policy?

Heller, Peter S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

This primer aims to provide IMF macroeconomists with the essential information they need to address issues concerning health sector policy, particularly when they have significant macroeconomic implications. Such issues can also affect equity and growth and are fundamental to any strategy of...

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Should hospitals keep their patients longer? : the role of inpatient care in reducing postdischarge mortality

Bartel, Ann; Chan, Carri W.; Kim, Song-hee - In: Management science : journal of the Institute for … 66 (2020) 6, pp. 2326-2346

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Reprioritizing Government Spending on Health: Pushing an Elephant Up the Stairs?

Tandon, Ajay; Fleisher, Lisa; Li, Rong; Yap, Wei Aun - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy for the extent to which health is prioritized by governments. World Health Organization (WHO) data estimate that, in 2011, health's share of aggregate government expenditure in...

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The importance of human inequalities and health care quality in life expectancy of countries

Kandemir, Orhan - In: International journal of financial research 7 (2016) 5, pp. 140-145

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The effect of prospective payment on admission and treatment policy : evidence from inpatient rehabilitation facilities

Sood, Neeraj; Huckfeldt, Peter J.; Grabowski, David C.; … - In: Journal of health economics 32 (2013) 5, pp. 965-979

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Does medicare save lives?

Card, David E.; Dobkin, Carlos; Maestas, Nicole - In: The quarterly journal of economics 124 (2009) 2, pp. 597-636

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Does Medicare save lives?

Card, David E.; Dobkin, Carlos; Maestas, Nicole - 2007

Medicare. But do these changes matter for health? We address this question using data on over 400,000 hospital admissions for … age 65, suggesting that the severity of illness is similar for patients on either side of the Medicare threshold. The … Medicare as their primary insurer, and a reduction in the fraction with no coverage. These changes are associated with …

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Universal Health Care 101; Lessons for the Eastern Caribbean and Beyond

Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

Despite the increasing interest in universal health care, little is known about the optimal way to finance, design, and implement it. This paper attempts to fill this gap by providing some general policy recommendations on this important issue. While most of the paper addresses the Eastern...

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Public Expenditure in the Slovak Republic; Composition and Technical Efficiency

Grigoli, Francesco - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

Good practice suggests that budget allocations should reflect spending priorities and that spending should provide cost-effective delivery of public goods and services. This paper analyzes the composition of public expenditure in the Slovak Republic. It also assesses the relative efficiency of...

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