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Waiting time distribution in public health care : empirics and theory
Dimakou, Sofia; Dimakou, Ourania; Basso, Henrique S. - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 25, pp. 1-27
hospitals characteristics that determine waiting times? By developing a model of healthcare provision and analysing empirically … that describes the optimal waiting time distribution for capacity constraint hospitals. Secondly, employing duration … analysis, we obtain empirical representations of that distribution across hospitals in the UK from 1997-2005. We observe …
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Are doctors better health ministers?
Pilny, Adam; Rösel, Felix - 2020
hospital capacities, capital, and funding by the statutory health insurance (SHI). This prompts hospitals to hire more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012214544
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Competition in Health Care Markets
Gaynor, Martin; Town, Robert J - Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), … - 2012
This chapter reviews the literature devoted to studying markets for health care services and health insurance. There has been tremendous growth and progress in this field. A tremendous amount of new research has been done since the publication of the first volume of this Handbook. In addition,...
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Are doctors better health ministers?
Pilny, Adam; Rösel, Felix - 2020
hospital capacities, capital, and funding by the statutory health insurance (SHI). This prompts hospitals to hire more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012217432
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Trading Spaces : Medicare’s Regulatory Spillovers on Treatment Setting for Non-Medicare Patients
Geruso, Michael - 2020
Medicare pricing is known to indirectly influence provider prices and care provision for non-Medicare patients; however, Medicare's regulatory externalities are less well-understood. We study such implications by examining how physicians' outpatient surgery setting preferences respond to the...
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Health Care in a Multi-Payer System : Spillovers of Health Care Service Demand among Adults under 65 on Utilization and Outcomes in Medicare
Glied, Sherry; Hong, Kai - 2018
This paper examines, theoretically and empirically, how changes in the demand for health insurance and medical services in the non-Medicare population -- coverage eligibility changes for parents and the firm size composition of employment – spill over and affect health insurance coverage and...
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Does uninsurance affect the health outcomes of the insured? : evidence from heart attack patients in California
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2012
. -- uninsurance ; spillovers ; heart attack mortality ; hospitals … hospitals change their provision of care to insured heart attack patients in response to reduced revenues, the evidence I have …
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Regional differences in health care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Germany
Lange, Ansgar; Prenzler, Anne; Bachmann, Frank Oliver; … - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 29, pp. 1-11
Background: The regional availability of specialized physicians is an important aspect in healthcare of patients with IBD. The association between physician density and healthcare is not yet clear. Most studies did not consider district type, which reflects population density. Our research...
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Lessons for Health Care Policy in the United States : Comparing Health Care Systems
Aspalter, Christian - 2012
This paper compares health care systems. It looks beyond normal academic, political, or journalistic rhetoric, by exactly sticking to facts, i.e. empirical data (in particular data provided by the WHO) and comprehensive case study analyses. The paper finds that a number of myths and common...
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Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Under the Affordable Care Act
Harrington, Scott E. - 2012
This paper analyzes the potential unintended consequences and incentive effects of the Affordable Care Act's minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) regulations, which are designed to guarantee that a specific percentage of health insurance premiums are spent on medical care and activities that improve...
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