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Overweight and obesity and the demand for primary physician care
Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Greve, Jane - 2009
or obese should increase the demand for medical care, particularly as clinical studies link obesity to a number of … primary physician care among infrequent users but does so among frequent users. -- Overweight ; obesity ; demand for primary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003830298
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Health information and health outcomes : an application of the regression discontinuity design to the 1995 UK contraceptive pill scare case
Del Bono, Emilia; Francesconi, Marco; Best, Nicky G. - 2011
This paper provides a general formulation of the regression discontinuity (RD) design and applies this method to analyse the effects of the 1995 UK pill scare. We show that in the five months following a health warning on the "third generation" pill, conception rates rose by more than 7%,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009159234
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Assessment of a spatial panel model for the efficiency analysis of the heterogonous healthcare systems in the world
Jeleskovic, Vahidin; Schwanebeck, Benjamin - 2012
Various panel models were presented to resolve the ranking of global health care systems according to efficiency. However, in terms of the spatial distribution of statistical units, spatial dependence as a result of various forms of spatial interactions caused biased estimators in classical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738033
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C-sections, obesity, and health-care specialization : evidence from Mexico
Herrera, Catalina; Marquez-Padilla, Fernanda; Prina, Silvia - 2023
This study explores whether hospitals with higher increases in obesity levels have higher CS rates and the … consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008-2015. It models how changes in the obesity level of … specialization. And it creates a measure of hospital-level obesity, based on the fraction of obesity-related discharges for women of …
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Disease Management in Diabetes Care : When Involving GPs Improves Patient Compliance and Health Outcomes
Ugolini, Cristina - 2019
Although the study of the association between interventions in primary care and health outcomes continues to produce mixed findings, programs designed to promote the greater compliance of General Practitioners and their diabetic patients with treatment guidelines have been increasingly...
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State-Level Healthcare Spending and Health Outcomes : An Application of Spatial Durbin Panel Approach to Mortality
Bose, Srimoyee - 2015
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'Because I Want to Be Informed, to Be Part of the Decision-Making' : Patients' Insights on Informed Consent Practices by Healthcare Professionals in South Africa
Chima, Sylvester - 2015
Background: Informed consent (IC) is a legally enforceable right in South Africa based on constitutionally protected rights to bodily integrity and well-being. In terms of the law, patients cannot be involved in medical treatment or research without IC. Healthcare providers must inform patients...
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Enhanced fee-for-service model and access to physician services : evidence from Family Health Groups in Ontario
Kantarevic, Jasmin; Kralj, Boris; Weinkauf, Darrel - 2010
We study an enhanced fee-for-service model for primary care physicians in the Family Health Groups (FHG) in Ontario, Canada. In contrast to the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model, the FHG model includes targeted fee increases, extended hours, performance-based initiatives, and patient...
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Evaluation of the impact of the mother and infant health project in Ukraine
Nizalova, Olena; Vyshnya, Maria - 2009
This paper exploits a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of the quality change in the labor and delivery services on maternal and infant health. Since basic medical care has been universally available in Ukraine, implementation of the Mother and Infant Health Project allows addressing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923569
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Demand patterns for treatment insurance in Norway
Aarbu, Karl Ove - 2010
In Scandinavia, the provision of health care services has been, almost entirely, the responsibility of the public health care system. However, in the last five to seven years there has been remarkable growth in the private health care market. These health care services are obtained normally...
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